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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



I, AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILADELPHIA Page 7 

Railroads and Depots, 7; Bag-gage and Checks, 10; Ferries, 11; Steam- 
ships and Wharves, 11; Railroad Cabs and Vehicles, 15; Other Public 
Vehicles, 17; Hotels, 17; Some of the More Prominent Hotels, 20; Res- 
taurants, 22; Boarding Houses and Furnished Rooms, 24. 

II. GETTING ABOUT PHILADELPHIA 26 

Street Numbers, 27; Street Car Lines, 29. 

III. THEATERS AND OTHER PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 41 

Theaters, 41; Zoological Garden, 43; Lectures and Miscellaneous 
E.xhibitions, 43; Balls and Masquerades, 44. 

IV. THE CITY'S PARKS AND DRIVES.. 45 

Fairmount Park, 46; The West Park, 47; The East Park, 49; Wissa- 
hickon Park, 51; Other Parks, 55; Drives, 61. 

V. A TOUR OF THE CITY 63 

Up Broad Street, 63; South Broad Street from Chestnut to Pine, 66; 
West Spruce Street, 68; Locust Street, 68; East Chestnut Street, 69; 
Government Buildings and Offices, 70; City Buildings and Offices, 
73; Prisons, 74; Historic Buildings, 76; Business Men's Organizations, 
etc., 81; A Shopping Trip, 86. 

VI. THE RIVERS 90 

A Trip Up the Delaware River, 91; A Short Trip Down the Dela- 
ware River, 94; A Trip Up the Schuylkill, 98. 

VII. LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS 99 

Philadelphia as an Educational Center, 99; The City's Free Libraries, 
9y; Other Libraries, 99; Museums, 103. 

;'III. CHURCHES— RELIGIOUS AND BENEVOLENT WORK.. 106 

Churches, 106; Denominational Societies and Missions, 116; Benevo- 
lent, Charitable, and Humane Institutions, 117; Homes and Insti- 
tutions, 122; Hospitals and Dispensaries, 129. 

IX. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 133 

Public Schools, 133; Private and Parochial Schools, 133; Drexel Insti- 
tute, 133; Girard College, 134; University of Pennsylvania, 137. 

X. CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 141 

The Masonic Temple, 141: Odd Fellows' Temple, 142; Social Clubs, 
142; Dining Clubs, 144; Art Clubs and Associations, 145; importing 
Clubs, 146; Country and Driving Clubs, 147; Baseball Clubs, 147; Gen- 
eral Athletic and Sparring Clubs, 147; Boat Clubs, 148; Miscellaneous 
Clubs, 148; Military Organizations, 149. 

XI. THE SUBURBS AND SHORT TRIPS BY RAIL.... 150 

The Surrounding Country, 150; Germantown, 150; West Philadelphia, 
155; Other Suburban Places, 156; Short Excursions Out of Town by 
Rail, 157. 

XII. SEASIDE RESORTS - 163 

Atlantic City, 163; Cape May, 172; Ocean City, 180; Sea Isle City, 182. 



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Chestnut Street, looking west from Ninth Street 

(frontispiece), ..._.. Opposite page i 

Broad Street Station ....... " 8 

Marlcet Street, looking east from City Hall, . _ " i6 

Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s Building, _ " 28 
F'airmf)unt Park, looking west from Lemon 

Hill ( )bservatory, ------ " 4f) 

The Schuylkill River and Boat Houses, . . " 50 

Horticultural Hall, -_--_. " 54 

Broad Street, looking north from Master Street, - " 62 

Betz Building, -..-_-. " 68 

Brown Brothers' Building, - . - . _ " 70 

Independence Hall, .---.- " 82 

Fairmount Waterworks, _ . . . - " 84 

Wm. H. Hoskin's Store, . - . . . " S(> 

A Launching in Cramp's Shipyards _ - . " 92 

Philadelphia Library — Ridgway Brancli, - . " 102 

The Alary J. DrexelHome, ----- " 124 

Girard College, Main Building, - . - . " 134 

The Masonic Temple, . . . . . " 142 

A Beach Scene at Atlantic City, - . - . " 162 

Cape May, -_-_-..- " 174 

On the Beach — Cape May, - . . . . " 178 



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I. 

AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILA- 
DELPHIA. 



Railroads and Depots. 

Four great railroads have direct entrance into Philadelphia — the 
Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia & Reading, the Baltimore & Ohio, 
and the Lehigh Valley — through the trackage of the Reading. The 
: three first named have terminals which for magnificence and comfort 
i.are unsurpassed in any other city in the country. All are within the 
heart of the city, and two are but three or four minutes' walk from 
'most of the chief hotels and many of the greatest business houses. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, at Broad and Market streets, 
is a splendid example of modern Gothic architecture. Directly oppo- 
|site the new City Hall, its ten stories of granite and brick, with teiTa 
cotta trimmings, add materially to the beauty of Philadelphia's 
(chief public building. The main building of the depot has a front- 
lage of 306 feet on Broad Street, and of 212 on Market. Beneath it runs 
iiSth Street, and on the north side. Filbert. Within the depot, on 
the groiind. floor, may be found hacks, hansoms, and other vehicles 
jbelonging to the company, to take passengers where they will for 
i'moderate charges. The train shed of the depot is a marvel of 
engineering skill, for it is a single span of iron and glass, reaching 
from Market to Filbert streets, a clear distance of 304 feet. The 
length of the shed is 600 feet, the height, 146 J^ feet from the rail 
level, and covers sixteen tracks and wide platforms. The entire area 
of the shed is neaidy five acres. The depot is reached from the west 
side of the Schuylkill by a handsome iron bridge and nearly five 
squares of an elevated road built of solid brick arches. More than 
20,000,000 persons enter and leave the depot by train annually. 

Philadelphia has the reputation of being a quiet place, where 
Everything is conducted without hurry or bustle, but a stranger enter- 



8 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

ing Broad Street Station for the first time would be apt to conclude 
that this reputation is unwarranted. The spacious waiting rooms 
and huge train-shed space east of the gates are constantly crowded 
with people hurrying in or out, or waiting for their particular train to 
be made up. Every two or three minutes a locomotive comes puffing 
with crowded cars, and others go out loaded to New York, the West, 
the South, the Northwest, and to suburban points, loaded with passen- 
gers. The network of tracks west of the Schuylkill, before they 
finally separate towards Baltimore, Pittsburg, Niagara Falls, Potts- 
ville, Chestnut Hill, New York, and to almost numberless other 
places, is, to a novice, and even to one used to railroad traveling, 
marvelous and bewildering. 

The Philadelphia & Reading terminal building is at 12th and 
Market streets, and is the first of its style of architecture in the rail- 
road world. It is known as composite renaissance, and its chaste and 
impressive beauty has won the admiration of all who have seen it. 
It fronts on Market Street 266 feet, and extends northward on 12th 107 
feet. It is eight stories in height and built of New England granite 
to the second floor. The remainder is constructed of pink-tinted 
brick and white terra cotta. The waiting rooms are fitted up in 
sumptuous style, and, like its great rival at Bnjad and Market streets, 
its patrons are provided with a fine restaurant, carriages, and every- 
thing conceivable for their comfort and convenience. The train shed 
is 266 feet 6 inches wide and 507 feet in length, extending to Arch 
Street. The great span, within a few feet of the size of the one at 
Broad and Market streets, covers sixteen tracks, besides wide asphal- 
ted platforms. A handsomely and solidly built elevated railroad 
extends northward to Callowhill Street, where it divides into two 
branches, one running toward Ninth vStrect, where it reaches the sur- 
face at Fairmount Avenue, and the other toward Broad, where at 
present it touches the ground a little to the east of that thoroughfare, 
not far north of Callowhill. The city is building a great subway from 
Broad Street to Fairmount Park, to connect with this branch of the 
elevated road, in order to do away with grade crossings at Broad 
Street and those lying to the westward. The expense, which will be 
considerably over $6,000,000, is borne by the municipality and the 
Reading Railroad Company. This branch of the elevated road leads 
to the Reading main line, and is used also l)y incoming Baltimore & 
Ohio Royal Blue Line trains to New York. 

The Ninth vStreet Branch, besides being used by the trains to 
Manayunk, Norristown, Germantown, Chestnut Hill, and points on 
the North Pennsylvania, Bound Brook, East Pennsylvania, Lehigh 




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AiV IXTRODUCriOX TO PHILADELPHIA. 9 

Valley, and numerous other roads, is made use of by the outgoing 
trains of the Royal Blue Line to New York, and from that city to 
Philadelphia. 

The Baltimore & Ohio Depot is at the southwest corner of 24th 
and Chestnut streets, a short distance west of the Schuylkill River. 
A beautiful building in every way, the architects have taken advan- 
tage of an unfavorable situation to enhance, if anything, the pleasing 
effect of the structure. A tall clock tower forms a prominent land- 
mark, and the general architecture harmonizes perfectly with the 
handsome Chestnut Street bridge, which spans the Schuylkill close 
by. As the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad are depressed 
at this point, the general waiting room is in the second story of the 
depot and on a level with Chestnut Street. The appointments are on 
a scale scarcely less magnificent than the dejsots of the Pennsylvania 
and the Reading railroads. The Baltimore & Ohio Company is 
famoi:s for many of its vast enterprises, one of the most wonderful 
of which, in an engineering way, is its great tunnel under the city of 
Baltimore, but'to the traveling public, the perfection of railroading 
is reached in its " Royal Blue Line " trains running from Washington 
to Philadelphia and from thence to New York. The coaches of this 
line are superb, decorated in the highest style of modern art, and the 
passenger finds himself encompassed with all the comforts, con- 
veniences, and even the luxuries of home, and the elegancies of the 
drawing-room cars excel in no few cases the rich paraphernalia of 
many a private household. 

Lehigh Valley. — Although, theoretically speaking, the Lehigh Val- 
ley Railroad has no entrance into Philadelphia, in reality its facilities 
for landing passengers into the heart of the city are as perfect as 
though they owned tracks and a depot for the purpose. By a traffic 
arrangement with the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, 
the cars and passengers are transferred over each other's lines, and 
through and way tickets are sold in one or both directions by 
either one of the companies. The rolling stock of the Lehigh Valley 
line is in superb condition ; and on account of the solid vestibule 
trains, heated by steam and lighted by the Pintsch gas, and running 
on limited time, this route is a great favorite with thousands who 
annually travel between New York or Chicago and Philadelphia. It 
is further a favorite, because, in addition to the comforts provided for 
the passengers, the journey between Chicago and Philadelphia is one 
of the most picturesque in the world, passing through the famous St. 



10 HANDY GUIDE TO PHI LA DELPHI A. 

Clair Tunnel, by Niagara Falls, Watkins Glen, and following the 
tortuous and magnificent valley from which the railroad derives its 
name. 

Other Depot Entrances. — Besides the three magnificent edifices 
noted, there are other depots for railroad entrance. Among them 
are those of the North Pennsylvania Railroad (Philadelphia & Read- 
ing System) at Third and Berks streets ; Kensington ; Market Street 
ferry for the many New Jersey branches of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
System, and Chestnut and South Street ferries for the Atlantic City 
Railroad (Philadelphia & Reading System). Third and Berks and 
Kensington depots, however, are but little used, because the major 
part of the business has been transferred to 12th and Market and 
Broad and Market depots respectively. They are, moreover, remote 
from the center of the city, and offer few conveniences for travelers. 

Bag'gage and Checks. 

A uniformed and accredited solicitor, belonging to a transfer 
company, boards all incoming trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
and of the Reading and its interchangeable traffic lines, some dis- 
tance out of town, and takes orders for the delivery of checked or 
other baggage. To him may be delivered the checks in exchange 
for a receipt, and the baggage therefor, or article handled, will 
be taken quickly to any point within the city limits for a moderate 
sum, which can be paid on delivery. Travelers going to hotels 
may also deliver their checks to the attendants of the various 
vehicles sent by them to convey passengers free from the railroad 
station. These vehicles are all plainly marked with the hotel name. 

Package Rooms. — Travelers desiring to visit stores or other 
places before going to a residence or hotel, and who may have hand 
luggage, can deposit it in package rooms which are provided in the 
three great depots, at the rate of 10 cents a day for each piece for a 
limited number of days. Checks are given for such luggage. 

Information Bureaus. — The three great railroads have in their 
depots each an information bureau, where all questions regarding the 
movements of trains are answered. 

Outgoing Baggage. — When a person is ready to depart there are 
many l)aggage and express companies with call stations all over the 
city, who will come for the baggage and deliver it to any station 
desired for a small charge. If the per.son has purchased a railroad 



A.v /.v7-A'o/)rcr/o.v to PIIILADELPIIIA. 11 

ticket, before the call is made, the expressman will furnish checks for 
the baggage, thus saving trouble or delay at the depot. 

Ferries. 

Directly opiaosite Philadelphia on the Delaware River, is Camden 
City, and between the two, ferry boats constantly ply. The following 
is a list of their points of dejiarture, both in Philadelphia and Cam- 
den. The first-mentioned wharf of each ferry line is in Philadelphia, 
the second in Camden. 

Cramcy's Hill. — Between Otis St. Wharf and Cramer's Hill. 

Gloicccstcr. — Between South St. and Gloucester City. 

Ka/g/iit's Point. — Between South St. and Kaighn's Point, and 
between Pier 7 South Wharves, below Chestnut St., and Kaighn's 
Point. 

IVi'st Jc'r St'}'.— Metween Market St. and Market St. 

Caiiidcn &^ Philadelplua. — Between Market St. and Federal St. 

Camden &^ Atlantic. — Between Vine St. and Wood St. 

Shackama.xon Street. — Between Shackamaxon St. and Wood St. 

Bristol. — Between Bristol and Burlington (Bristol is out of the 
county limits). 

Steaiusliips and Wharves. 

The owners of shipping in Philadelphia devote themselves chiefly 
to the transportation of freight, in which they do an enormous busi- 
ness with other countries and sister cities along the Atlantic and 
Pacific coasts. Some of the companies having lines in New York, 
accept ^passage money to points at which their vessels touch, and 
furnish the passengers with tickets over either the Pennsylvania or 
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad to New York, without extra charge, 
to sail from there. Latterly there has been a disposition to pay more 
attention to the Philadelphia passenger traffic, and some of the com- 
panies which formerly carried freight only are affording accommo- 
dations for cabin passengers. The list of passenger lines follow, the 
river boats being treated in a place by themselves: 

Traiisatlaiitic Steamships. 

Allan Line. — Pier 46 South Wharves, above Washington Ave. 
(to Glasgow, touch on western voyage at Liverpool, St. Johns, and 
Halifax). Philadelphia office, 421 Chestnut St. 

American Line. — Piers 53 and 54 South Wharves, below Washing- 
ton Ave. (to Queenstown and Liverpool). Philadelphia office, 305 and 
! 307 Walnut St. 

Atlantic Transport . — Pier 47 South AVharves, foot of Washington 
Ave. (to London and Swansea). Philadelphia office, 303 Walnut St. 
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12 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADKLPIIIA . 

Hambii rg- Auic n'c ail . — Piers 35 and 44 (Hamburg, carry passen- 
gers occasionally). Philadelphia office, 425 Chestnut vSt. 

Red Star L//u\ — Pier 55 South Wharves, below Washington Ave. 
(to Antwerp, call at Southampton on eastern voyage). Philadelphia 
office, 305 and 307 Walnut St. 

('oastwise Steamships. 

Boston and PJiiladelpIiia.- — Pier 20 South Wharves, Pine St. (to 
Boston). Philadelphia office, 338 S. Delaware Ave. 

Clyde Line. — Office, 12 South Delaware Ave. (Charleston and 
Jacksonville). Pier 22 South Wharves. Further information else- 
where. 

Ericsson Line. — Pier 7 North Wharves, Delaware Ave. below 
Chestnut St. (to Baltimore). 

Ocean Steaiiisliip Co. — Pier 39 vSouth Wharves, foot of Catharine 
St. (to Savannah). 

American Line. — The American Line of the International Navi- 
gation Company is one of the most popular transatlantic steamship 
lines. The fame of the Paris, New York, and other vessels of this 
corporation is too widespread to need particular comment. These, 
as the public are generally aware, sail from New York, and passen- 
gers from Philadelphia are furnished transportation, during the 
summer season, by special train, and at other times by the regular 
trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The vessels of the American 
Line plying between Philadelphia and Liverpool carry second-cabin 
passengers only, but these have the good fortune to be berthed in 
the first-cabin state rooms, and have the use of the piano, saloons, 
ladies' parlor, smoking room, promenade deck, bath rooms, etc., 
that were originally built, arranged, and furnished for first-cabin 
passengers. In other words, by the American Line steamers sailing 
from Philadelphia, second-class passengers have all the sumptuous 
accommodations usually accorded tourists paying first-class fares. 
In the matter of landing, also, the second-class passengers by this 
line are given the pleasant privilege of being put ashore at the com- 
pany's pier, the same as first-cabin passengers, and are not required 
to jniss through the immigrant depot. Outward passengers also pass 
on board direct from the pier and by separate gangways from the 
steerage. Passengers by this line are carried between Philadelphia 
and Liverpool or Queenstown. 

Red Star Line. — The Red Star Line steamers of the Inter- 
national Navigation Company, which leave this port fortnightly for 
Antwerp, also carry second-class and steerage passengers onlj-, and, 
as on the American Line boats, the former are given nearly all the 
accommodations of first-class passengers. This line books first-cabin 
tourists for their vessels which sail every Wednesday from Pier 14, 
North River, New York, furnishing free transportation to Philadel- 
phians to New York over the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 
line. The handsome accommodations and the splendid cuisine 
make this one of the favorite transatlantic lines for travelers. 



AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILADELPHIA. 13 

Ericsson Line. — Persons coming from Baltimore to Philadelphia 
or returning thither and having a few hours' time at their disposal 
will not likely regret occasionally taking the journey by the Ericsson 
Steamboat Line, properly titled the Baltimore & Philadelphia Steam- 
boat Company. The steamers are large and have greatly improved 
passenger accommodation. There are handsome saloons, richly 
upholstered and furnished; large, airy dining rooms, in which choice 
meals are finely served; smoking rooms and elegantly furnished state 
rooms. There are also separate apartments for second-class passen- 
gers, who are not allowed on the saloon decks, and there is a deck 
officer whose especial duty it is to look after the comfort and attend 
to the wants of the passengers. The steamers of this line are lighted 
throughout by electricity and heated by steam. The vessels leave 
each port daily, except Sunday, at 5 p. m. , arriving at their destination 
early next morning. Recently, in compliance with a popular demand, 
the Ericsson Line decided to change the time of sailing their steamer 
General Cadwalader to mornings, leaving Baltimore on Mondays, 
Wednesdays, and Fridays, and Philadelphia on Tuesdays, Thursdays, 
and Saturdays. This is to accommodate those who wish to enjoy the 
experience of passing through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal 
by daylight. This line touches at Betterton, the famous fishing 
rounds. 
The Clyde Line Steamship Company, — For more than half a cen- 
tury the name of Clyde has been associated with American commerce. 
Three generations of the family have devoted their lives to the 
development of the great company which bears their name, and 
which to-day owns some of the finest steamships afloat in American 
waters. The founder of the house, Thomas Clyde, was a co-worker 
with the late John Ericsson, of Monitor fame, in the invention and 
ipplication of the screw propeller to steam vessels; it was he who 
built the first screw steamer ever constructed in the L^nited States for 
commercial purposes — the John S. McKim; and he was also one of 
:he originators and owners of the first line of propellers, the Ericsson 
Line, which to-day has a service between Philadelphia and Baltimore. 
It was the John S. McKim, which, by the way, was a twin-screw 
ihip, that conveyed Col. Jefferson Davis and his regiment of Missi.s- 
;ippi troops to the Mexican War from New Orleans. It was also a 
.^lyde steamship, the Rebecca Clyde, which brought Jefferson Davis, 
hen the fallen President of the Confederacy, a prisoner from 
savannah co Fortress Monroe, in 1S65. 

r\.t the present time the Clyde Steamship Company has lines of 
iteamers running between Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, 
tVashington, Norfolk, New Berne, Richmond, Troy, Albany, Wilming- 
on, N. C. ; Georgetown, S. C. ; Charleston, S. C. ; and Jacksonville, Fla. ; 
md on the St. John's River, between Jacksonville, Palatka, and San- 
ord, and intermediate landings ; also between New York and Turk's 
sland, Hayti,and San Domingo, and other West India ports. Their 
ine between New York and Charleston and Jack.sonville comprises 
he steamers Iroquois, Cherokee, Algonquin, Seminole, Yemassee, 
.nd Delaware, which sail from the company's wharves, Pier 29 East 



14 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

River, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The Clyde Com- 
pany's ships are noted for their elegant appointments, strength of 
construction, and great safety. Their southern voyages during the 
winter months are boons which thousands of Americans enjoy each 
year. 

New York & Albany Day Line. — When those visitors to Phila- 
delphia who have completed their stay and intend to go on to New 
York sight-seeing, a trip up the Hudson River will be found enjoya- 
ble. The journey up the famous Hudson is undoubtedly the mo.-it 
interesting and picturesque inland voyage in the United States. It 
has been described and re-described, however, until the task of invest- 
ing an account of its varied and beautiful scenery with any flavor of 
novelty has become utterly hopeless. But its attractions, though 
stale in narrative, are perennially charming to the actual sense, and 
the point of view afforded by the palatial steamers New York and 
Albany of the Day Line is an ideal one. These magnificent boats 
are unique in one feature, which will be appreciated by tourists: 
Being designed for day service and tourist purposes only, they carry 
no freight whatever, save personal baggage of passengers. Thus the 
lower forward decks and other desirable points of view, cvistomarily 
monopolized by unajipreciative j^ackages of merchandise, are open 
to passengers, and the fittings and accommodations of the craft 
throughout are enabled to be of a more light and elegant order, and 
are upon a more uniformly sumptuous plan than is usually possible. 
Veritable pleasure boats, every suggestion of toil is banished from 
their decks, and the holiday atmosphere engendered by external cir- 
cumstances and a happy purpose is thus subtly maintained. The 
material details of the New York may serve to substantialize the 
above purely sentimental advantages. A length of 31 1 feet, a breadth 
of 74 feet, and a tonnage of 1,550 gross tons are some of the facts of 
this idealized craft. An engine of 3,850 horse-power propels the 
New York, through the instrumentality of her "feathering" paddle 
wheels, at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, with scarcely any of 
the jar or tremor common to boats having the usual form of paddle. 
A capacious glass-inclosed dining room at the stern affords an unim- 
peded view of the scenery during meals, while numerous private 
parlors enable exclusive tourists to combine a selfish retirement with 
full appreciation of the panorama of the journey. The scenery of the 
Hudson, as a modern civilization, lacking time to pronounce the leis- 
urely Indian name of " Cohohatatia," styles this noble river, at once 
allures and impresses, like the bill of fare of a first-class restaurant. 
There is no region of country in the world which so abounds in the 
picturesque. From the time the boat leaves its pier in sultry and com- 
mercial New York, until it arrives at Albany, two superb panoramas 
of varied beauty are unrolled on either side of the embarrassed tour- 
ist, who is thus afflicted with the imusual annoyance of having just 
twice as much as he can profitably enjoy. As one who traverses a 
street of cheap clothiers between a cross-fire of competitive solicita- 
tion, the tourist is (listractc<l by the contesting claims of the somberly 
magnificent palisades on the one hand, and that smiling and courte- 



AjV INTRODUCTIOX TO P///LADF.LPI/L4. IT, 

san-like countrv nn the nther, into the bosom of which Xew York's 
milhonaires pour their wealth in the form of summer palaces, with 
more heathful results than old Adam's imagination supj^lied to such 
commerce. At famous West Point, the national incubator for the 
■rearing of our country's army, the interest is forced for a time by the 
unfair exercise of military power to the left bank, where the beauties 
of the picturesque spots are somewhat coyly revealed. At Pough- 
keepsie it is maintained in an even balance by the attractions of 
the great bridge which spans the river at this point at an altitude not 
less than that of the celebrated Brooklyn Bridge, with perhaps a 
slight preponderance of sentiment toward the fortunate shore which 
bears Vassar College and its population of 350 3'oung ladies. From 
Rhinebeck to Catskill it is again attracted to the left bank, where the 
eastern outposts of the Catskill Mountains, long seen as a noble 
background to more trivial beauties, begin to go into definite par- 
ticulars about themselves. As the afternoon draws to its close, and 
the steamer sweeps into its wharf at Albany, the tourist is conscious 
of having passed a day well spent, for behind the merely sensuous 
charm of this most interesting voyage the thoughtful traveler sees 
also a parallel train of historical association scarcely less fascinating. 

Railroad Cabs aii<l Vehicles. 

Location and Schedules. — As noted before, the railroads have 
provided vehicles for those who prefer them to omnibuses or trolley 
cars. These hansoms and cabs are leased to the driver in charge, and 
are always to be had at the stands in or by the depots, and may be 
ordered by telephone to any point desired. These vehicles are intended 
for local city travel, and can not be hired for pleasure driving through 
the parks or for visits to cemeteries. While there is a strict schedule 
of charges for the use of hansoms or cabs, the schedules are by the 
hour or by the mile, and it is highly important that this question be 
settled by the patron before starting, as is optional, unless going to 
more than two addresses, when an hour rate is imperative, since if no 
agreement is made beforehand, the driver is privileged to charge by 
the trip or mile. 

Rules to follow. — To avoid disputes with the drivers, passengers 

I should compute the vrhole distance traveled in squares — allowing 

\ ten squares to the mile — and multiply by the rate per mile for the 

services rendered, being careful to consider the number of addresses 

served. 

Patrons who order vehicles to call at their addresses will be 
required to pay one-half rates for the calls and full rates for the 
services — except within a radius of four squares from the Broad 
Street Station, in which case no charge will be made for calls. In 
ordering by telephone or messenger, patrons should state whether 
they desire the service by the hour or trip. If by the trip, and 



16 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

driver is kept waiting Hfteen minutes at the address called to, he 
will charge at the hour rates. 

The head of the cab service suggests that in case of controversy 
between patron and driver, and to save time and trouble, the passen- 
ger take the number of the vehicle and hour of the day; also, pay 
the charges as computed by the driver, and forward statement of 
the facts to Superintendent of Cab Service, who will give the com- 
plaint proper attention. 

Pennsylvania Railroad.— The limits of the service north is 
Cambria Street; south, Snyder Avenue; east, the Delaware River; 
and west, 50th Street. In case of an emergency, when a passenger 
is desirous of using one of the vehicles of this service to go to a 
point beyond the limits (provided said point is not a cemetery, Fair- 
mount Park, or outside of the city limits), they should give notice of 
such intention or desire to the Assistant Superintendent of Cab 
Service, at Broad Street Station (cab-stand), who will direct the 
driver accordingly. The extra rate to be charged for service to be 
performed beyond the regular limits will be upon the basis of double 
the amount for like service in the regular limits. 

Charges. — The rates charged by the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company service is as follows, those of the other corporations being 
practically the same: 

Hansoms. — Bv tJn- 7";-/)!'.— One mile and one-half or less, to one 
address, one or two persons, 25 cents; one mile and one-half or less, 
to two addresses, one or two persons, 50 cents; each additional mile 
or fraction thereof, 15 cents. Jiy the Hour. — For the first hour or 
fraction thereof, one or two persons, 65 cents; for each additional 
hour, one or two persons, 65 cents; for each additional quarter hour 
or less, one or two persons, 20 cents. 

Trunks are not carried on hansoms. 

Four-Wheel Cabs.— j5y the Trip. — One mile and one-half or 
less, to one address, one or two persons, 40 cents; one mile and one- 
half or less, to two addresses, one or two persons, 70 cents; each 
additional passenger, 10 cents; each additional mile or fraction 
thereof, one or four persons, 20 cents. By the Hour. — For the first 
hour or fraction thereof, one or four persons, 75 cents; for each 
additional hour, one or four persons, 75 cents; for each additional 
quarter hour or less, one or four persons, 20 cents. 

For each trunk carried on a cab there is a charge of 25 cents. On 
every valise carried on top the cab a charge of 10 cents is made. 
Valises taken inside the vehicle are carried free. Only two trunks 
are allowed on a cab. 



Hotel 



• • • 



Lafayette 



Cor. Broad and Chestnut Streets, 



Three minutes' walk from Rroad Street 
Station, Pennsyl\-ania Railroail.l 



Philadelphia. 



LIBERALLY MANAGED ON THE 
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS. 



ruisine Appointments and Service Unsurpassed 



Closed June I, 1895, for Extensive Alterations. 
Will be open after September 15, 1895. 



Rcfiiniished Ihronohoiit, new Electric Lii^ht Plant, new Sanitary 
Phnnbino', Steam Ileat, Refri;j,-eratin;^^ Plant, and all modern 
imjirovements, includin;^- two new Passenger I^^levators. 

LOUIS H. SMITH. 



AN INTRODUCTIOiX TO PIIILADELPIIIA. 17 

Otiier Public Vohiolcs. 

Cabs and other carriages may be had by application to the Ameri- 
can District Telegraph Companies, for which regular scheduled rates 
are charged. There are also public hack-stands at most of the large 
hotels. But wherever a public conveyance is hired, it is essential, 
in order to avoid any possible unpleasant controversy with the driver, 
to have beforehand a clear understanding as to the amount to be 
paid. This is quite as necessary a caution to those who use these 
vehicles during the day as to those who employ them at night. 

Hotel.s. 

Philadelphia hotels, as a class, can not be surpassed anywhere for 
comfort, convenience, elegance of appointments, or excellence of 
service. Because of the practical centralization of the great business 
houses, and other potent reasons, the larger number of the most 
important hotels are grouped within a comparatively constricted area, 
bill owing to the admirable and easily understood system in which 
the street cars are run, the visitor experiences little or no inconveni- 
ence therefrom. As in most other large cities the hotels are run on 
three plans; American, European, and Combination. 

The American Plan. — At these hotels, rooms, meals at stated 
hours, and attendance are furnished at rates varying from $1.50 to 
$5 a day. Unless understood at time of registering, the charge 
begins with the meal supposed to be spread at the time. Thus an 
arrival at 9 o'clock at night is charged for supper, unless, when the 
name is placed on the book, the clerk is instructed to note breakfast 
i instead. The same rule holds good for departing guests, so that if a 
itraveler does not intend to remain until supper the clerk must be 
Inotitied to close accounts immediately after dinner. The principal 
hotels in Philadelphia on the American plan, with the rates charged, 
are as follows: 

Bingham House, Market and nth Sts. — $2.50 per day. East 
on Market from Broad, east on Chestnut from 24th to nth, north 
one square to Mai'ket. 

Co)itinenfal , Chestnut and Ninth Sts. — $2.50 to S4.50 per day. 
South on Broad or 12th, one square to Chestnut, east on Chestnut to 
Ninth. 

Girard House, northeast corner Ninth and Chestnut Sts. — $3 
per day. Route same as to preceding hotel. 



[Note. — For the convenience of strangers the direction to each hotel is 
given from the railroad' station. Thus, in going to the Continental Hotel, for 
instance, it is noted that the traveler by the Baltimore & Ohio will go east on 
Chestnut to Ninth, the location ijf the hotel, while an arrival by the Pennsylva- 
nia or Philadelphia & Reading, will go east on Market to Ninth, and south on 
that thoroughfare to Chestnut, on which the hotel fronts.] 

2 



18 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Hotel Dii Pout, 250 South Ninth St.— $2 per day. East on 
Chestnut from 24th to Ninth, south two and one-half squares, east on 
Market from Broad or 12th to Ninth, and south three and one-half 
squares. 

Hotel Haiun'i-)\ 12th and Arch Sts. — $2.50 per day. From 
Baltimore & Ohio Dejiot, east on Chestnut from 24th to 12th, north 
on 12th to Arch. From Pennsylvania Depot, east on Market to 12th, 
north to Arch. From Reading Terminal, exit on 12th, north tt) 
Arch. 

l)-7'iiig House, 915 Walnut vSt. — $2 to $2.50 per day. East f>n 
Chestnut from 24tli to Ninth, south one square to Walnut, a few- 
doors west, north side, east on Market from Broad to Ninth, south 
three sciuares, etc. 

17u' IJndeu, Main and Coulter Sts., Germantown. — $2 to %}, per 
day. Pennsylvania or Rcadinj^ Road to Chelten Avenue Station. 
From former People's Line east to (lermantown Avenue, transfer 
south to Coulter. From latter, People's car west to (lermantown and 
transfer south. Germantown Branch People's Line (Pelham or 
Chestnut Hill cars) north on Eighth to Coulter Street. 

Mausiou House, 621 Arch St. — %i per day. East on Chestnut 
to Seventh, north two squares, east a few doors on Arch. Market 
from Broad, east to Seventh, one square north to Arch, etc. 

l\xlmer House, 1607 Chestnut St. — $2 per day. East cm Chest- 
nut from 24th to hotel. South (jii 15th from Pennsylvania Railroad 
Depot one square to Chestnut, west cm Chestnut one square, to 
beyond i6th, north side. 

.SV. Elmo, 317 Arch St. — $2 per day. East on Chestnut from 
24th to Third, north to Arch, west of Third, east on Market from 
Broad to Third, north to Arch. 

European Plan, — The hotels on the European plan are usually 
patronized bv those whose business or inclination keep them away 
from the hostelry the whole or the greater part of the day, and 
who do not care to pay for meals they do not attend. Hotels on the 
Eui'opean plan provide rooms ranging from 50 cents to $3 or more a 
day, according to the location or the manner in which they are fitted 
up. The most noteworthv of this class of hotels are : 

Pelleinie, northwest corner Broad and Walnut Sts. — $2 and 
upward. From 24th and Chestnut, east to Broad, south one 
square. South on Broad from Pennsylvania Railroad Depot two 
squares. From 12th and Market, west to Broad, south two squares. 

I)oo?ier's, 23 South loth St.— $1 to $1.50 per day. Ladies not 
received even when attended by husbands or relatives. From 24th 
and Chestnut, east to loth, north half a square, east side. East on 
Market, from Broad to loth, south half a square, east side. 

Green's, Chestnut and Eighth vSts. — $1 to fii . 50 per day. East from 
24th and Chestnut. East on Market from Broad to Eighth, south to 
Chestnut. 



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Guys, Seventh and Chestnut Sts., east on Market from Broad to 
Seventh, south to Chestnut, east on Chestnut from 24th. 

Hotel I'fudig, Market and 12th Sts. — $1.50 to $2.50 per day. 
Across the street from Reading Terminal. East on Market from 
Broad, east on Chestnut from 24th to 12th, north one square. 

Keystone, 1524 Market vSt. — 50 cents to $1.25 per day. Market, 
west of 12th, east on Chestnut ixoxw 24th to i6th, north to Market a 
few doors east. 

Stratford, southwest corner Broad and Walnut Sts.- — vSpecial 
rates. East on Chestnut from 24th to Broad, south one square, 
west on Market from 12th to Broad, south two squares. 

Ste?iton, Broad and Spruce Sts. — $2 a day and upward. From 
24th and Chestnut, east on Chestnut to Broad, south on Broad two 
squares. From Pennsylvania Railroad, south on Broad, three squares. 
From Reading Terminal, south on 12th, one square to Chestnut, west 
two squares to Chestnut, south two squares to Spruce. 

IVavi'rty, 15th and Filbert Sts. — 50 cents to $3 per day. East on 
Chestnut from 24th to 15th, north one and one-half squares. Broad 
St. Station, leave Filbert St., exit hotel ojDposite Terminal, exit on 
12th St., north one-half square to Filbert, west to 15th. 

Zeisse's, 820 Walnut St.— $1 to $2 per day. East on Chestnut 
from 24th to Ninth, south one square to Walnut, east to hotel on south 
side, east on Market from Broad to Ninth, south two squares to 
Walnut, east to hotel. 

Hotel Walton, Broad St., below Locust St. — $1.50 and upward. 
South on i2th from Reading Terminal, one square to Chestnut, west 
two squares to Broad, south two and one-half squares, east side to 
Locust. 

Combination Plan. — Hotels run on the combination plan furnish 
either rooms without meals and general attendance, as on the 
European plan, or give service on the American plan, according to 
the expressed desire of the guest on registering. The chief hotels in 
Philadelphia operated in this manner are the 

Aldine, 1904 Chestnut St. — American plan, $3.50 per day and 
upward; European plan, $1.50 per day and upward. From 12th 
and Market, west to 19th, one square south to Chestnut, east on 
Chestnut from 24th. 

Colonnade, Chestnut and 15th Sts. — American plan, $3.50 per 
day and upward; European plan, $1 per day and upward. East on 
Chestnut from 24th. From Pennsylvania Railroad Depot exit on 
15th, south one square. From 12th and Market, south on 12th one 
square to Chestnut, west three squares to 15th. 

Hotel Brunsuiiek, 40 North Broad St. — American plan, $2 per 
day; European plan, 75 cents to $1.50 per day. East on Chestnut, 
from 24th to Broad, north through City Hall one square and a half, 
west side. Broad Street Station, Filbert St. exit, east on Filbert a 
few doors. From Reading Terminal, 12th St. exit, north to Filbert, 
west three squares to Broad. 



20 HAXDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Iloirl LafaYciti\ Broad and Sansom Sts. — American plan, $3 to 
$4 per day; European plan, $1 to $2 per day. East on Chestnut 
from 24th to Broad, south half a square; Broad Street Station, south 
on Broad one and one-half squares; from Reading Terminal, south 
on 12th to Chestnut, west to Broad, south one-half square, west 
side. 

I\/(/i^-i--n'a)\ Delaware Avenue and Market St. — American plan, 
$2 per day; European plan, %i. Opposite Market Street Ferry. 
From 24th and Chestnut north to ^Market one square. Market Street 
cars east to terminus. Broad Street Station and Reading Terminal 
east on Market Street cars. 

Ritti)i/ioHSt\ 22d and Chestnut Sts. — American plan, $4 per day; 
liuropean plan, $2 per day. From 24th and Chestnut streets east to 
east side Schuylkill. From Reading Terminal or Broad Street Sta- 
tion, west on Market Street cars to 21st or 22d, south one square. 

Si. AlbcDis, Second and Walnut Sts. — American plan, $2 per day; 
European plan, $1 per day. From 24th and Chestnut east on Chest- 
nut to Second, one square south to Walnut. From Broad Street 
Station or Reading Terminal east on Market to Second, south two 
squares. 

.S7. Charles, 60 North Third St. — American plan, $1.50 per day; 
European plan, 50 cents to 75 cents per day. East on Chestnut, 
from 24th to Third, north one and one-half squares; east on Market 
from Broad to Third. 

Windsor, 1217 Filbert St. — American plan, $2 to $2.50 per day; 
European plan, %\ to $1.50 per day. East on Chestnut, from 24th to 
12th, north on 12th two and one-half squares to Filbert, west on 
north side; Broad Street .Station exit on Filbert, west two squares; 
Reading Terminal exit on 12th, one-half square north, west to hotel. 

Some of tli<' M(H'<' I*i'oiiiinoiit Hotels. 

For the better information of visitors the following additional 
information is given regarding some of the more prominent hotels: 

The Continental has long been one of the famous hotels in the 
country. It has sheltered many great Americans, among them sev- 
eral presidents and statesmen; in addition, numei-ous distinguished 
foreigners have been entertained here. The C<mtinental is a most 
substantial buildixig, with no ginger-bread work in any of its parts; 
all its decorations are rich and what they appear to be. Parlor C, a 
large and handsome apartment, has been tlie scene of many impor- 
tant social and political gatherings. This hotel is only three squares 
from Independence Hall, and is complete in all modern appointments. 

The Girard House, which is directly opposite the Ccmtinental, is 
another hotel having a very high reputation, its appointments, 
cuisine, and other tine features making it almost, if not c[uite, as well 



JA^ LYTKODUCT/OX TO PHILADELFII/A. ~'l 

known as its distinguished neighbor. It stands direetly opi^osite 
the post office. 

Green's. — This natty little hotel is at Chestnut and Eighth streets, 
and is largely patronized by lousiness men. Formerly ladies were 
not entertained under any conditions, but now are admitted, whether 
alone or with their husbands or relatives. There are elegant restau- 
rants for ladies and for gentlemen attached to this hotel. 

The Aldine. — At the time of writing the Aldine is closed and will 
not be reopened until sometime in the autumn of 1S95. The present 
building, which is the old residence of John Rush, founder of the 
Ridgeway Library, is to be torn down, with the exception of the front 
walls, and a magnificent steel structure extending 235 feet back to 
Sanson! Street is to be erected in its place. The new hotel is to be 
sumptuously fitted and furnished, and many novel features introduced. 
It is to be run on the combination plan. 

The Colonnade is another hotel with a national reputation. It 
derives its name from Colonnade Row, a series of handsome dwellings 
which occupied this site many yeavi ago, and which were celebrated 
for their curious and unique appearance. The hotel was built by John 
Crump, a well-known architect and builder, and into the work he 
put all his knowledge and skill. It has recently been remodeled. 
This house is noted particularly for the excellence of its cuisine. 

Lafayette. — The Lafayette Hotel is probably one of the largest 
hotels in the city at present. It fronts on Broad Street and extends 
from Chestnut to Sansom vStreet. But, although apparently perfect 
in its appointments and sumptuous in its interior decorations, the 
present owner is not satisfied and the hotel will be closed from June 
to September, 1S95, during which time between $100,000 and $200,000 
will be expended in improvements. 

Bellevue.— The Bellevue Hotel is not a large edifice, but is one of 
the best known hotels in the city. It is famous for its cuisine, and two 
of Philadelphia's world-renowned dining clubs, the Clover and the 
Five O'clock Clubs, hold their meetings here. The greater number of 
other notable banquets also take place at this hotel. It is also the 
gathering place for theater and opera parties. The Bellevue, further, 
is the rival of the Continental in entertaining great men. De Lesseps, 
Matthew Arnold, and other European notables have stopped here. 
The dining room of the Bellevue is so arranged by a .series of screens 
that it can be used as one large or many small dining apartments. 

The Stratford.— A commodious hotel which is largely patronized 



22 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

by families who are remaining for some time in the city; and its 
parlors are frequently made use of by wedding parties in which 
to hold receptions. A feature of this hotel also is its excellent cuisine, 
which is served in a handsome apartment opening with a large con- 
servatory and a Turkish room, fitted up in oriental style, in which 
gentlemen may smoke and drink coffee with lady guests. The 
rooms of this hotel are unusually spacious. 

Hotel Metropole. — This place of entertainment has been open but 
a short time, yet it has made a wide reputation for the fine accommo- 
dations it affords. Already the necessity for enlargement has been 
felt, and a large addition is being erected on the north side, which is 
expected to be completed late in the autumn. The hotel will then be 
known as the Hotel Walton, and be run on the combination plan at 
the following rates: European, $1.50 a day up; American, $3.50 up. 

Bingham House. — For many years the Bingham House has been 
a favorite place of entertainment. Commercial men especially favor 
it, and fully two-thirds of the patronage of this house comes from 
this useful class of citizens. They, as well as the others who stoji at 
the Bingham House, do so because of the reasonable rates charged 
and the excellent character of the cuisine. 

The Rittenhouse. — This elegant house, at 22d and Chestnut 
streets, until recently was a high-class family boarding house, con- 
ducted on the principle that the Aldine was. It is now among the 
best hotels on the American plan. 

The Linden. — For many years this cozy and attractive hotel in 
(xermantown was known as the Coulter House, and was scarcely a 
hotel in the ordinary use of the word. It has now been transformed 
into a hotel on the American plan, and is the only high-class place of 
the kind in Germantown proper. 

Hotel Stenton. — A new hotel at Broad and Spruce streets, run on 
the European plan. It is an entirely fire-proof building and pos- 
sesses elegantly furnished rooms. 

Hotel Hanover. — This is alarge and elegantly appointed hotel, at 
1 2th and Arch streets, and is conducted on the American plan. 
Although but recently opened it is already widely known for the 
excellence of its table and the comfortable appointments of the rooms. 

Kcsttuirauts. 

Philadelphia is well supplied with restaurants, and they are so 
widely scattered over the whole city that no one need go hungry more 



AjV introduction to PHILADELPHIA. 23 

than a few minutes before finding a neat and comfortable place in 
which to satisfy the appetite. Owing to the peculiar conditions of 
Philadelphia life there are not many restaurants run on the magnifi- 
cent scale that may be seen in some other cities, notably New York. 
There are, however, a few which, for cuisine and for sumptuous and 
unique furnishings, are not equaled anywhere in the country. A few 
of these are here noted. 

Charles W. Soulas' Rathskeller and Restaurant. — This famous 
jilaLC is on the ground floor of the Betz Building, on the east side 
of Hroad Street above Chestnut, and opposite City Hall. In many 
respects this establishment has no equal in the country; there are 
three separate styles of apartments exclusive of the Rathskeller; One, 
magnificently decorated and furnished, is exclusively for the use of 
ladies, or ladies with gentlemen escorts; gentlemen alone are ex- 
cluded from this apartment. Attached is a sumptuously fitted toilet 
room with a lady's maid in attendance, to mend rents in dresses 
or other apparel and to attend to other wants of the lady patrons. 
A second restaurant is for gentlemen where no smoking is allowed, 
and a third where lovers of the weed may enjoy themselves. Here 
is also a reading room where files of all the principal newspapers of 
this country and Europe are kept. The Rathskeller is patterned 
after similar concerns in Germany. Table d'hote is served from 
12 to 3 o'clock for 50 cents. 

G. A. Soulas' Fifth Street Restaurant and Rathskeller is on 
Fifth Street above Chestnut, west side, and is a favorite resort for 
business men. Tables are on the first floor in two rooms, in which 
also are drinking bars and cigar stands. On the second floor are 
restaurants for ladies and gentlemen. This restaurant was, until 
recently, known as Reisser's restaurant. Meals are served here by 
price card only. 

Boldts' Restaurant. — The i:)roprietor of the Bellevue and Strat- 
ford has a fine restaurant which occupies the whole of the eighth 
floor of the Bullitt Building, 133-143 South Fourth Street. A notable 
feature of this restaurant is the Grill Room. Here various meals 
are displayed in glass show cases, and a ciistomer chooses what price 
he likes best and has it cooked in the room before him, by a chef 
who does nothing else. There are also ladies' dining rooms, a cafe, 
and other apartments where men may smoke after their meals. 
Ladies patronize the Grill Room. The cafe is for men only. Table 
d'hote is serv^ed for 50 cents. 
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24 HAXDY GUIDE TO nilLADELPHIA. 

Boothby's. — On Chestnut Street, near 13th, is another high- 
class restaurant. It occupies two floors, the second being used for 
ladies and gentlemen, and the first for the latter only. Boothby's is 
famous for the superiority of and the manner in which oysters are 
cooked and served. Boothby's fried oysters particularly have a wide- 
spread fame. 

Boarding" Houses and Furnished Rooms. 

Among the names which have been applied to Philadelphia, is 
the one of " City of Homes." This is due in a great measure to the 
fact that a large proportion of the families constituting the popula- 
tion of Philadeli^hia, instead of living in flats or hotels, occupy, 
each, dwellings owned or rented by them. This characteristic of 
the people, rendered possible by the comparatively unrestricted area 
of the city, constitutes a charm which leaves an indelible impression 
on all who have had the pleasure of experiencing the hospitality of 
one of these family circles. Some of the occupants of these homes, 
through restricted means or other reasons, find it expedient to 
receive a boarder or two. In such cases, whether the dwelling and 
its interior arrangements are humble or pretentious, there is the 
attractiveness of home for the stranger. Even where the " keeping " 
of boarders is taken up as a regular business, the homelike air is 
found to a marked degree. This characteristic of Philadelphia 
boading-houses renders them famous all over the country. Very 
many visitors who intend remaining in the city for some time, 
prefer the unconventional home surroundings of Philadelphia board- 
ing-houses to the more formal hotel life. There are an abundance of 
such places to choose from. The business directory contains more 
than 600 of them, and a little search will develop what is wanted 
in the way of accommodations. From $5 to $10 a week will provide 
good boarding-houses, though accommodations may be had for less 
as well a:; more money. In beginning the search for boarding 
places, and particularly for furnished rooms, it would be advisable to 
scan carefully the advertising columns of the Public Ledger, the 
paper which was under the control of that great philanthropist, Mr. 
George W. Childs, until his death. Owing to the great area of the 
city, and the fact that good boarding-houses are to be found in 
almost every section of it, it is impossible to locate any particularly. 
For those who wish to be installed in the center of the city, and can 
afford to pay a fair price, most of the establishments on Arch, 



AN lA'TKODUCTION TO PIl I LADELPIII A . 25 

Chc'stnut, Spruce, and Pine streets are reliable. Where a short 
distance is no objection, West Philadelphia, Germantown, or Chest- 
nut Hill will be found particularly desirable situations in which to 
locate. The two last named are particularly attractive places, and 
the facilities for reaching Chestnut Street are abundant, comfortable, 
and speedy. The Reading and the Pennsylvania railroad companies 
both have lines through Germantown to Chestnut Hill. The People's 
Traction Company run trolley cars every minute or two to the last- 
named place, and the Philadelphia Traction Company have a line to 

\ the upper part of Germantown. One hour b)^ steam and one hour 

? and twenty minutes by trolleys are the times to Chestnut Hill. 
Nearly every proprietor of a first-class boarding-house will require 

I references. This is an essential protection, not only for the proprie- 

\ tors, but the applicants as well, and therefore no offense ought to be 

i taken. 

Furnished Rooms. — As in the case of those who prefer hotels on 

1 the Eurojjean plan to those on the American system, so there are 
many who prefer to rent furnished rooms in a lodging house and take 
their meals at a restaurant, rather than secure quarters in a regular 
boarding-house. Such places are naturally much more abundant 

' than boarding-houses, and a seeker for furnished rooms, go where he 
will, can not fail to find them within a very short time. It seems, 
however, almost unnecessary to caution strangers, particularly ladies, 
to exercise the utmost caution in regard to this matter, and under no 
circumstances to close an agreement with the person renting until 
full inquiry has been made regarding the character of the place. To 
this, respectable lodging-house keepers can make no objection; 
indeed, would, if informed of the intention to make such an investi- 
-aiion, gladly agree. Inquiry such as is urged is necessary, because 
many objectionable persons live a lodging-house life, and it is not 
uncommon to find houses, wherein everything is conducted properly, 
in which there are but few others than this class of the city's popu- 
lation. Furnished rooms can be had from $ i to $io per week. A 
handsome and well-appointed apartment, with bath privileges, can 
be had for from $4 to $5 per week. In most of the lodging houses 
the rented rooms are cared for by the keeper. 



II. 

GETTING ABOUT PHILADELPHIA. 



Although Philadelphia is twenty-two miles long and nearly six 
miles wide, it is eomparatively an easy matter for strangers to go 
from point to point without danger of being lost. This is largely 
due to the simple plan on which the streets generally are mapped out 
and the houses numbered. With the exception of one or two districts 
of small area away from the center of the city, and Kensington, Phil- 
adelphia is laid out like a chess-board, with the streets extending 
north and south from Market Street, and from the Delaware River 
westwardly at almost equal distances apart. Those running north 
and south are numbered, and those extending west are named. The 
numbered streets begin (m the east, or Delaware River side, and in 
only two instances are the numerical titles dropped for named ones 
— Front for First Street, and Broad for 14th- 

As Market Street, one of the westward running, is, theoretically 
speaking, considered the center of the city, that part of the town 
lying above it is termed North Philadelphia, and that located below 
is designated as South Philadelphia. Thus the buildings fronting 
on the numerically named streets are numbered in a rising scale, 
both north and south from Market, and the corresponding figures in 
the north and south are maintained at almost equal distances apart. 
Thus, No. 400 north and No. 400 south would be four squares, or 
al)out half a mile, above or below Market Street. The blocks 
between tlie main intersecting streets are called squares, and are 
nearly, though not quite, square, as each northward or southward 
extending line is a little longer than the one running westward. As 
a result, 111 reckoning distances liy squares, a,b(.)ut eight m traveling 
along the numerically named streets ctmstitute a mile, and ten along 
the named thoroughfares. Each square is supposed to contain 100 
buildings: thus, whether or not this is the case, every new square 
begins with another hundred, the odd numbers being placed on the 

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GETTING ABOUT PHILADELPIHA. 27 

north side and the even ones on the south side of named streets, and 
along the nnmerieally named streets on the east and west sides respect- 
ively. Thus, no matter where a person may be on a named street 
running from the Delaware to and beyond the Schuylkill, the num- 
l)ers on the houses will give instant and accurate information as to 
his whereabouts. For instance, 1014 Chestnut Street would be 
between loth and nth; or, to explain in another manner, if a 
person on Chestnut, or any of the streets running parallel with it, 
wished to go to loth Street and saw that the numbers were in the 
thirteen hundreds, he would have to walk between two and three 
s([uares with the descending numbers, until number 1000 was 
reached. Or, supposing him in the same spot with a desire to go to 
21st Street, he would only have to follow the ascending scale of 
nun\bers eight squares, where the house numbers show the comple- 
tion of the twenty hundreds. 

In going north or south, along the numerically named streets, 
while each square is numbered in the same manner, memory or a 
table must be brought into play. For those who wish to go only 
four or five squares north or south, the following old rhyme will be 
found convenient to commit to memory ; 

" Market, Arch, Race, and Vine, 
Chestnut, Walnut, Spruce, and Pine." 

The first line of the couplet indicates the hrst four main west- 
ward streets north, and the second those south, of ^Market. 

Street Nuiiil)ers. 

The street numbers north and south arc located as follows : 

NOKTH OF MARKET.* | SOUTH OF MARKET. 

I — AIarket,F'ilbert, Commerce, | i — Market, Jayne, Merchant, 



Church. 

100 — Arch, Cherrj'. 

200 — Race, New, Branch. 

300 — Vine, Wood. 

400— Callowhill, Willow, Noble, 
Margaretta. 

500 — Buttonwood, Spring Garden 

600 — Green, Mt. Vernon, Wal- 
lace, Mellon. 



Minor. 
100 — Chestnut, Sansom, Library, 

Dock. 
200 — Walnut, Locust. 
300 — Spruce, Union. 
400 — Pine. 

500 — Lombard, Gaskill. 
600 — South, Kater. 
700 — Bainbridge, Monroe, Fitz- 



700 — P'airmount Ave., Olive. ] water, German. 



* Street.s named after the first in t'acli line are slmrt thoroughfares, .seldom 
or never extending from river to river. They arc called sub-square streets. 



28 



HANDY GCIDE TO PHILA DELPH fA. 



NOKTII oK MAKKKT. 

800 — Brown, I'arrish, Ogden. 

900 — Poplar, Laurel, Beaver, 

(Tcorge. 
1200 — Girard Ave., Stiles. 
1300 — Thompson, Seybert. 
1400 — Master, Sharswood. 
1 500 —Jefferson. 
1600 — Oxford. 
1700 — Columbia Ave. 
1800 — Montgomery Ave. 
1900 — Berks. 
2000 — Norris. 
2100 — Diamond. 
2200 — Susquehanna Ave. 
2300 — Dauphin. 
2400 — York. 
2500 — Cumberland. 
2600 — Huntingdon. 
2700 — Lehigh Ave. 
2S00 — Somerset. 
2900 — Cambria. 
3000— Indiana. 
3100 — Clearfield. 
3200— Allegheny Ave. 
3300 — Westmoreland. 
3400 — Ontario. 
3500— Tioga. 
3600 — Venango. 
3700 — Erie Ave. 
3S00— Butler. 
3900 — Pike. 
4000 — L u z e r n c . 
4100 — Roxborough. 
4200 — Juniata. 
4300 — Bristol. 
4400 — Cayuga. 
4500 — Wingohoeking. 
4600 — Courtland. 
4700 — Wyoming Ave. 
4800 — London. 
4900 — Roekland. 
5000 — Ruscoml). 



SOUTH OF MAKKKT. 

Soo — Catharine, Queen. 
900 — Christian, Marriott. 
1000 — Carpenter. 
J 100 — Washington Ave., Ells- 
worth. 
1200 — Federal. 
1 300 — W barton. 
1400 — Reed. 

1500 — Dickinson, Greenwich. 
1600 — Tasker, Sylvester. 
1700 — Morris, Watkins. 
1800 — I\Ioore, Siegel. 
1900 — Mifflin. 
2000 — McKean. 
2100 — Snyder Ave. 
2200 — Jackson. 
2300 — Wolf. 
2400 — Ritner. 
2500 — Porter. 
2600 — Shunk. 
2700 — Oregon Ave. 
2S00— Johnston. 
2900 — Bigler. 
3000 — Pollock. 
3100 — Packer. 
3200 — Curtin. 
3300 — Geary. 
3400 — Hartrauft. 
3500 — Hoyt. 

3600 — Avenue 36 South. 
3700 — Avenue 37 vSouth. 
3S00 — Avenue 38 South. 
3900 — Avenue 39 vSouth. 
4000 — Avenue 40 South. 
4100 — Avenue 41 Sf)uth. 
4200 — Avenue 42 South. 
4300 — Avenue 43 South. 
4400 — Avenue 44 vSouth. 
4500 — Avenue 45 South. 

— Government Ave. 

—Schuylkill Ave. 

— Leauue Island. 



5100 — Lindley, Wynne. 

Between Pojilar and (iirard a\-enues there is a gap of three 
squares, in which there an- no main avenues reading from the Dela- 
ware to the ,Schuylkill. Tlie distance, iis may be seen by subtracting 
between 900 Po])lar and i-'oo Girard Avenue, is about three-eighths 
of a mile. 



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GETTING ABOVr P H I I.ADELPIIIA. 29 

Street Car Ijiiies. 

The street railway lines, though vast in extent, are yet so simple 
in plan that their many ramifications are easily explained and soon 
understood. By an admirable system of passes a passenger can ride 
to almost any part of the city for 5 cents, or at most, under an ex- 
change an-angement, for 8. All the lines of any size are grouped 
under three great systems — the Philadelphia Traction, the People's 
Traction, the Electric Traction — and the Hestonville, Mantua & Fair- 
ninunt Railway. The Philadelphia Traction does not pass or ex- 
change over any other system than its own; but the People's and the 
Electric Traction issue passes without extra charge over the greater 
part of each others' lines. These two also have an S-cent exchange 
arrangement with the Hestonville, ]\Iantua & Fairmouiit, which 
occupies Arch, Race, and Vine, and a few minor streets. 

With few exceptions the cars run north and south, east and west 
on alternate streets. Tabulated the directions follow: 

Northward Bol'nd. — On 3d, 5th, Stli, 9th, nth, 13th, on far 
North Broad, i6th, iSth, iQth, 20th, 23d, 3jd, 3Sth, and 41st streets. 

Southward Bound. — (3n 2d, 4th, 6th, 7th, loth, 12th, far South 
and North Broad, 15th, 17th, njth, 20th, 22d, 33d, 36th, and 4(.>th. 

Eastward Bound. — On I'auphiu, Lehigh Ave., Norris, Columbia 
Ave., Jefferson, Girard Ave., Wallace, Green, Sj^ring Garden, Cal- 
lowhill. Race, Arch, Filbert, jNIarket, Chestnut, Spruce, Lombard, 
Bainbridge, Christian, and ]M orris. 

Westward Bound. — On York, Lehigh Ave., Susquehanna Ave., 
Columbia Ave., ^Master, Girard Ave., Poplar, Fairmount Ave. , Spring 
Garden, Callowhill, Vine, Arch, Market, Sansom, Walnut, Pine, 
South, Catharine, Ellsworth, and Tasker. 

Pliiltidelphiji Ti-actioii. 

iMarkef Street ByaiuTi. — Dowm 41st to Market, to Delaware Ave. , 
return same route. Exchange tickets sold for 22d, 19th, iSth, 16th, 
15th, 13th, 12th, 9th, 7th, and Haddington. Transfers going east are 
at 41st, W. on Market to 50th ; at 33d, W. on Baring ; at 32d, W. on 
Woodland Ave. to 49th ; at 23d, N. Going west, at 23d, N. ; at 32d, 
W. on Lancaster Ave. and W. on Woodland Ave. to 49th; at 41st, W. 
on Market to 50th ; at depot, W. on Haverford t(j 50th. 

Bariui^ Street liraiieJi. — Down Elm Ave. from 44th to 40th, to 
Fairmount Ave., to 36th, to Baring, to 33d, to Market, to Delaware 
Ave. Up Market to 33d, to Baring, t(j 37th, to Fairmount Ave., 
to 40th, to Ogden, to 41st, to Elm Ave., to 44th. Exchange tickets 



30 HANDY GUIDE 'JO J'nJLAJ)ELriIIA, 

same as on Market St. branch. Transfers going east are at 33d, W. 
on Market; at 32d, W. on Woodland Ave. to 4()th; at 23d, N. (loing 
west, at 23d, N.; at 32d, W. on Woodland Ave. to 49th, and W. on 
Lancaster Ave. 

Hadd/iigfoi! Ih-aiu'Ji. — Up Haverford to 67th. Return down 
Haverford to 65th, to Vine, to 63d, to Market, to 41st. Return on 
Market to 63d, to Vine, to Haverford, to 41st. Fare to or from points 
west of 50th to Delaware Ave., 8 cents. Exchange tickets are sold 
west of 50th, from 41st and Haverford or 41st and Market, to Delaware 
Ave.; or from Lancaster Ave., at 40th, to Front, or to the Park. 
Transfers are made east on Vine from 63d; at 41st and Haverford, 
or 41st and Market, to cable cars; at 40th, on Lancaster Ave. E. or W. 

Chestnut and Walnut Streets Division. — C/wsttiut Street 
Braiu/i. — Down 42d to Baltimore Ave. , up 42d to Chestnut, to Front, to 
Walnut. LTp Walnut to 22d, to Chestnut, to 42d. Green signboard 
shown in day, green light at night. Exchange tickets sold for 23d, 
22d, 19th, i8th, 17th, i6th, 15th, 13th, 12th, nth, 9th, 7th. Transfers 
going east are at 33d, W. on Woodland Ave. to 49th ; at 32d, W. on 
Lancaster Ave. Going west, at 7th, S.; at Woodland Ave. W. to 
49th. On Sundays cars nm down 42d to Chester Ave. to 49th ; 
return down Chester Ave. to 42d, to Chestnut, to Front, to Walnut. 
Up Walnut to 22d, to Chestnut, to 42d. 

Forty-iihitJi and Chester- Avemte Branch. — From 49th and Ches- 
ter Ave.; on Chester Ave. to 42d, to Spruce, to Woodland Ave., to 
Chestnut, to Front, to Walnut. Up Walnut to Wtjodland Ave., to 
Spruce, to 42d, to Chester Ave., to 49th. Blue signboard shown in 
day, blue light at night. Exchange tickets sold as on Chestnut St. 
line. Transfer on east trip, N. oh 32d and Lancaster Ave., from 
Chestnut. No cars are run on this line Sundays. 

Lancaster Avenue Branch. — Down Belmtnit to Lancaster Ave., 
to 32d, to Chestnut, to Front, to Walnut. Up Walnut 10 22d, to Chest- 
nut, to 32d, to Lancaster Ave., to Belmont Ave., to Elm Ave. Yellow 
signboard shown in day, yellow light at night. Exchange tickets 
sold for 23d, 22d, 19th, iSth, 17th', 16th, 15th, 13th, i2th,"9th, 7th. 
Transfer going down, E. on Market from 32d ; W. on Woodland Ave. ; 
W. on Chestnut from 32(1. West trip, at 7tli, .S. ; at Woodland Ave.,W. 

Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Division. — Three branches 
run on 13th and 15th. 

Main Branch. — Down 15th to Jackson, to 13th. Up 13th to 
Cumberland, to 15th. Exchange tickets sold for Ridge Ave., Wallace, 
Spring Garden, Market, Chestnut, and Walnut. Transfer going down, 
at depot, S. on 12th; at York, W.; at Dauphin, E. ; at Columbia Ave., 
K. or W.; at Jefferson, E.; at Master, W. ; at Spruce, E.; at Pine, W. ; 
at Bainbridge, E.; at Catharine, W. ; at Christian, E.; at Ellsworth, 
W. ; at Tasker, W. ; at Morris, E. Going up, at Morris, E. ; at Tasker, 
W. ; at Ellsworth, W.; at Christian, E. ; at Catharine, W.; at Bain- 
bridge, E. ; at Pine, W. ; at .Spruce, E. ; at Spring Garden, W. ; at Mas- 
ter, W.; at Jefferson, E.; at Columbia Ave.,W.; at Dauphin, E.; at 
York, W.; at Cumberland, N., to Erie Ave. and Germantown. 

L',ernia)ito-<cii Jhiuich. — From Washington and Wayne Ave., 



GETTING ABOUT PIIILA DKLPIIIA. 31 

Germantown, down Wayne to Pnlaski Ave., to Erie Ave., to 15th, to 
Indiana Ave. .to Broad, to Glenwood Ave., to 15th, to Locust, to 13th. 
Up 13th to Cumberland, to 15th, to Glenwood Ave., to Broad, to Erie 
Ave., to Pulaski Ave., to Wayne, to Washington. Exchange tickets 
and transfers are the same as on other branches as far as Locust. 
Passengers for south of Locust transfer at depot. On Sundays only, 
cars run over entire route from Washington and Wayne Ave., Ger- 
mantown to Jackson. 

E7-ie Avoiiic Branch. — Up 15th to Glenwood Ave., to Broad, to 
Erie Ave., to 15th, to Indiana Ave., to Broad, to Glenwood Ave., to 
15th, and over route of main line. 

Spring Garden and Wallace Streets Division. — Fiom 20th and 
Poplar, on Poplar to 2Sth, to Brown, to 23d, to Wallace, to Kessler, 
to Spring Garden, to Franklin. Return on SjDring Garden, to 23d, to 
Hare, to 27th, to Poplar, to Fairmount Park. Exchange tickets sold 
for Ridge Ave. and Market. Transfer at 20th, S. ; at 19th, N. ; at iSth, 
N. ; at 17th, S.; at i6th, N.; at 13th, N.; at 12th, S.; at Franklin, N. 
on 7th and S. on Franklin. West trip, N. on 13th, i6th, iSth, or 
19th. 

Spring Garden Street Division. — From 29th and Jefferson, down 
29th to Poplar, to 24th, to Brown, to 23d, to Wallace, to 22d, to Spring 
Garden, to Fi'anklin. Up Spring Garden to 23d, to Hare, to 27th, to 
Poplar, to 29th, to Jefferson. This line does not run on .Sunday. 
Transfer at 20th, S.; at 19th, N.; at iSth, N., at 17th, S.; at i6th, N. ; 
at 15th, S.; at 13th, N.; at 12th, S.; at Frankhn, S.; at 7th, N. West 
trip, N. on i3tli, i6th, iSth, or 19th. 

Columbia Avenue and Seventh and Ninth Streets Division. — 
Colujiiliia Aj'ciiiic and Market Street Ferries Branch. — Down 
Columbia Ave., to Franklin, to Race, to 7th, to Market, to Delaware 
Ave. L^p Market to gth, to Spring Garden, to 7th, to Columbia Ave., 
to 33d. Red Cable car, red light. Exchange tickets sold for Ridge 
Ave., Spring Garden, Market, 12th, 15th, 17th, 20th. Transfer going 
down, at 20th, S.; at 19th, N.; at i8th, N.; at 17th, S.; at i6th, N.; at 
15th, S.; at 13th, N.; at 12th, S.; at 7th, N.; at Franklin and Oxford, 
E.; at Thompson, E. Going up, at 7th, S.; at Spring Garden, W. ; 
at Thompson, E.; at Master, W. ; at Oxford, E.; at Columbia Ave., 
N.;on 7th; at 13th, N.; at i6th, N. ; at iSth, N.; at 19th, N.; at Ridge 
Ave., N. 

McKeati Street Branch — Up McKean to 9th, to Spring Garden, 
to 7th, to Columbia Ave. , to 24th. Down Columbia Ave. , to Franklin, 
to Race, to 7th, to depot. Yellow cable car, orange light. Ex- 
change tickets sold for Spring Garden, Market W. ; Walnut, Ridge 
Ave., on up trip, 12th, 15th, 17th, 20th. Transfer going up are at 
Federal, E.; at Ellsworth, W.; at Catharine, W. ; at Bainbridge, E.; 
at Pine, W. ; at Spruce, E.; at Sansom, W.; at Spring Garden, W.; 
at Thompson, E.; at Master, W. ; at Oxford, E.; at Columbia Ave,, 
N. on 7th; at 13th, N.; at i6th, N.; at i8th, N.; at 19th, N. ; at 24th 
and Columbia Ave., W. ; at Ridge Ave. , N. Going down, at 20th, S. ; 
at 19th, N.; at iSth, N.; at 17th', S.; at 16th, N.; at 15th, S.; at 13th, 
N.; at i2th, S.; at Franklin, N. on 7th; at Oxford, E.; at Thompson, 



32 HANDY CriDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

E.; at Spruce, E.; at Pine, W.; at Bainbridge, E.; at Catharine, W.; 
at Federal, E.; at Wharton, W.; at Tasker, W.; at Murris, E. 

Spruce and Pine Streets Division. — On Gray's Ferry Road to 23d, 
to Spruce, to 3d, to Wahiut, to Dock. Down Dock to 2d, to Pine, to 
22d, to Catharine, to Gray's Ferry Road, to depot. Transfer going 
up are at Bainbridge, E.; at 23d, N.; at 20th, N.; at 19th, S.; at i8th, 
N.; at 17th, S.; at i6th, N.; at 15th, S. ; at 13th, N.; at 12th, S.;at 
9th, N.; at 7th, S. Going down, at 7th, S.; at 9th, N.; at 12th, S.; at 
13th, N.; at 15th, S.; at i6th, N.;at 17th, S.; at 19th, S.; at 22d S.; at 
23d N. from Pine. 

Catharine and Bainbridge Streets Division. — From Belmont and 
Elm Ave., on Belmont Ave., to Lancaster Ave., to 33d, to Woodland 
Ave., to Walnut, to 22d, to Bainbridge, to Front, to Catharine, to 23d; 
to Walnut, to Woodland Ave., to 33d, to Lancaster Ave., to Belmont 
Ave., to Elm Ave. White signboard during day, red light at night. 
Transfer going down are: At Market, E.; at Chestnut, E. or W. ; at 
Woodland Ave., W. to 49th; at Spruce, E.; at Bainbridge, S. on 22d; 
at 2oth, N.; at 19th, S. ; at iSth, N.; at 17th, S.; at i6th,N.; at 12th, S.; 
at 9th, N.; at 7th, S. Going up same, N. and S. transfers to 23d; at 
23d, S. on Gray's Ferry Road; at Chestnut and Market, W. from 33d; 
at Woodland Ave.,W.; at 33d and Market, N. on Baring Street cars. 

Ellsworth and Christian Streets Division. — \J\y 20th to Ells- 
worth, to 23d, to Christian, to 7th, to Federal, to Front, to Wharton. 
Up Wharton to 9th, to Ellsworth, to 19th, to Wharton, to depot. 
Transfer going east are; At 20th, N. ; at iSth, N. ; at 17th, S. ; at i6th, 
N.; at 15th, S.; at 13th. N.; at 12th, S.; at 9th, N.; at 7th, S. Going 
west at 7th, S.; at 9th, N.; at 12th, S.; at 13th, N.; at 15th, S.; at i6th, 
N.; at 17th, S.; at iSth, N.; at 19th, S.; at 20th, N. 

Morris and Tasker Streets Division. — Mam Branch.— Ont 
Wharton to 22d, to Ellsworth, to 23d, to Callowhill, to 25th, to Green. 
Down 25th to Hamilton, to 22d, to Christian, to 21st, to Long Lane, 
to Morris, to Otsego, to Tasker, to 20th, to depot. White sign dur- 
ing day, red light at night. Transfer S. on Point Breeze Ave., from 
Wharton; at Christian, E.; at Catharine, W. on Gray's Ferry Road; 
at Bainbridge, E.; at Spruce, E.; at Market, E. or W.; at idth, N.; 
at 15th, S.; at 13th, N.; at 12th, S.; at gth, N.; at 7th, S. 

Point Breeze Brancli. — From 21st and Wharton down 21st to 
Long Lane, to 2Sth, to Passyunk Ave. , to Point Breeze. LTp Passyunk 
Ave. to 28th, to Long Lane, to 22d, to WhartoM, to 21st. Transfer at 
Morris, E.; at Wharton, N. on 2otli, and 22(1. 

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets Division. — Depot, 2olh and 
Wharton. From Reed, up uSth to Filbert, to Sansom, to 17th, to 
Reed, to iSth. E.xchange tickets sold west on Walnut or Market. 
Transfer going up, at Ellsworth, W.; at Christian, E.; at Catharine, 
W. ; at Bainbridge, E.; at Pine, W.; at Spruce, E.; at Walnut, N. on 
19th; at Sansom, N. on iSth; at Chestnut, E.; at Filbert, E. (ioing 
down, at Pine, W.; at Bainl)ridge, E. ; at Catharine, W. ; at Christian, 
E.; at inisworth, W. 

Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets Division.— Up 20th to Chest- 
n\it, to JM-ont, to Walnut. Up Walnut to 19th, to Tasker, to 20th, to 



GET 77 XG ABOUy rillLADELPIIIA. 33 

depot. Red signboard during day, red light at night. E.xchange 
tickets sold up trip, on Walnut W. fi-om 20th, 16th, 13th, and gth; N. 
from Chestnut. Down trip on 9th, 12th, 13th, 15th, and jGth, from 
Walnut. Transfer going up, at Christian, E.; at Catharine, W.; at 
Bainbridge, E.; at Spruce, E.; at 19th, N. West trip at 7th, S.; at 
Pine, W. ; at Bainbridge, E.; at Catharine, W.; at Christian, E.; at 
Ellsworth, W. 

Twelfth and Sixteenth Streets Division. — Down 15th to Susque- 
hanna Ave., to 12th, to Jackson, to i6th. Up 16th to Huntingdon, to 
depot. Exchange tickets sold on Columbia Ave., E. on up trip. Ridge 
Ave. , Master, Wallace, Filbert, Market, Chestnut, and Walnut. Trans- 
fer going down, at Columbia Ave., E. or W.; at Jefferson, E.; at 
Spring Garden, W.; at Spruce, E.; at Pine, W.; at Bainbridge, E.; at 
Catharine, W.; at Christian, E.; at Ellsworth, W. ; at Tasker, W.; 
at Morris, E. Going up, at Morris, E.; at Tasker, W. ; at Ellsworth, 
W. ; at Christian, E.; at Catharine, W.; at Bainbridge, E. ; at Pine. 
W. ; at Spruce, E.; at vSpring Garden, W.; at Master, W.; at Jeffer- 
son, E.; at Columbia Ave., W.; at Dauphin, E.; at York, W. ; at 
depot, N. on 15th, to Erie Ave. and Germantown. 

York and Dauphin Streets Division. — From Memphis to Norris, 
to 4th, to York, to depot. Return down to Dauphin, to Franklin, to 
Susquehanna Ave., to Coral, to York, to IMemphis. Transfer at 
Cedar, N.; at Howard, N.; at Hancock, S.; at 4th, N; at 7th, N.; at 
13th, N.; at 17th, S.; at 15th, S. on 15th and 12th; N. on 22d, from 
York. 

Seventeenth and Nineteenth Streets Division. — Up Cumberland 
to 17th, down 17th to Chestnut, to Front, to Walnut. Up Walnut tt) 
19th, to Huntingdon, to 15th. Exchange tickets sold on down trip for 
Ridge Ave., Wallace, Market, 15th, 12th, and 7th. On up trip for 7th, 
9th, 12th, 13th, 15th, i6th, Wallace, Jefferson, Columbia Ave., and 
Ridge Ave. Transfer going down, at Columbia Ave., E. or W. ; at 
Jefferson, E.; at Master, W.; at Spring Garden, W.; at 17th, S. 
Going up, at Spring Garden, W.; at Master, W.; at Columbia Ave., W. 
On Sunday from depot down 17th to Reed, to 19th. Up 19th to 
Huntingdon, to depot. In addition to exchanges and transfers 
during week the following additional transfers are made on Sunday. 
At Filbert, E.; at Spruce, E.; at Pine, W. ; at Catharine, W.; at 
Bainbridge, E. 

Jefferson and Master Streets Division. — From Lehigh Ave. 
down Hancock to Columbia Ave., to Franklin, to Master, to 29th, to 
Poplar, to Park. Dcnvn Poplar to 27th, to Jefferson, to 7th, to Oxford, 
to 4th, to Columbia Ave., to Howard, to Somerset, to Amber, to Ann, 
to Stella, to Emerald, to Orleans, to Indiana Ave., to C, to Somerset, 
to Hancock, to Lehigh Ave. Exchange tickets sold on Market and 
Walnut. Transfer going up, at Susquehanna Ave., E. ; at Franklin, 
W. on Columbia Ave., at Master, S. on Franklin; at 12th, S.; at 13th, 
N.; at 15th, S.; at 16th, N.; at 17th, S.; at iSth, N.; at 19th, N.; at 
20th, S. Going down, at 20th, S.; at 19th, N.; ati8th,N.; ati7th,S.; 
at i6th, N.; at 15th, S.; at 13th, N.; at 12th, S.; at Franklin, S.; at 
7th, N. ; at 4th, N.; at Susquehanna Ave., E. 
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34 HAND V GUIDE TO PiriLADELPIIIA . 

Richmond Division. — From Allegheny Ave. and Edgemont to 
Somerset, to Cedar, to Lehigh Ave. , to Memphis, to York, to Thomp- 
son, to Marlborough, to Belgrade, to Frankford Ave., to Master, to 
Franklin, to Thompson. Up Thompson, to Marlborough, to Belgrade, 
to York, to Cedar, to Somerset, to Thompson, to Allegheny Ave., to 
Edgemont. Exehange tickets sold for Market and Walnut. Transfer 
N. on 7th at Master, and also N.-on 13th, lOth, and i8th. At Franklin, 
S.; at Master, W.; and also S. on 12th, 15th, and 17th. 

Seventh and Ninth Streets Extension. 

From 7th and Lehigh Ave., on Lehigh Ave., to 9th, to Dauphin, 
to Franklin, to Columbia Ave., to 7th, to Lehigh Ave. Exchange 
tickets sold for Market or Walnut. Transfer going down, at Susque- 
hanna Ave., E.; at Columbia Ave., W.; on Columbia Ave., and S. 
on Franklin, and S. on 12th, 17th, and 20th, from Master. 

Fourth and Lawrenee Streets Branch. 

From Indiana Ave. down La\'>-rence to Berks, to Manor, to Mont- 
gomery Ave., to Randolph, to Master, to Franklin. Up Master to 
7th, to Oxford, to 4th, to Indiana Ave., to Lawrence. First car leaves 
Indiana Ave. 5.03 a.m.; Sunday, 6 a. in. Last car leaves Indiana 
Ave. 11.30 p.m.; Sunday, 11.20 p.m.; leaves INIaster 11.47 P- "i- 
week days. Exchange tickets sold for Market and Walnut. Trans- 
fer going down, at Susquehanna Ave. E.; at Columbia Ave. W. on 
Columbia Ave. and S. on Franklin; at Master, W. 

Ridge Avenue Division. — Main BrancJi. — Down Ridge Ave., to 
loth, to Arch, to Front. Up Arch to 9th, to Ridge Ave., to depot. 
Exchange tickets sold for Columbia Ave., Jefferson, Master, 20th, 
19th, iSth, 17th, Poplar, 16th, 15th, Wallace, 13th, 12th, Spring 
(iarden, 9th, 7th, and for Manayunk. Transfer going down, at 
Columbia Ave.,E.; at depot to Laurel Hill Cemeter}'. West of 
Laurel Hill, fare to and from city is 8 cents. 

Manayunk Ilranch. — From depot out Ridge Ave., to Main, to 
Green Lane. Return same route. Exchange tickets sold for main 
line, and for down Dauphin, and 2()th from depot. 

Eighteenth and Twentieth Streets Division. — From 32d and 
Dauphin, down Dauphin to Sedgely Ave., to York, to 22d, to Mont- 
gomery Ave., to 20th, to Ridge Ave., to South College Ave., to 20th, 
to Filbert, to 7th, to Sansom. LTp Sansom, to iSth, to Francis, to 
Perkiomen, to Vineyard, to Ridge Ave., to iSth, to Montgomery 
Ave., to 20th, to York, to Strawberry Mansion, to Ridge Ave., to 
depot. l<>very other car goes from 22d and York, out 22d to Hunting- 
don Ave., to Pulaski Ave., Nicetown. Exchange tickets sold going- 
down, for Ridge Ave., from 20th; ISIarkct, W. from 20th; J2th, 13th, 
9th. (joingup. Ridge Ave., at 18th, Wallace, Columbia Ave., E.; at 
depot on Ridge Ave., to Manayunk. Transfer going down, at 22d 
St., N.; at Daui)hin, E.; at Columbia Ave., E. and \V. ; Jefferson, E.; 
Master, W. ; Wallace, E.; Spring Garden, Iv; south on 19th from 
Walnut, at 17th, S. ; at i^th, S ■, at -\\\, S. on 7th, and Iv on Market. 



GETTING ABOUT PIIILADELTHIA. 35 

Going up, at gth, N.; at 12th, S. ; at 13th, N.; at 15th, S.; at i6tli, 
N.; at 17th, S.; at Spring Garden, W. ; at Master, W. ; at Jefferson, 
E.; at Columbia Ave., W. ; at Dauphin, E.; at 22d, N., to Nicetown. 
Woodland Avenue and Darby Division. — From the Borough of 
Darb}', on Darby Road, to Woodland Ave., to 32d and Market. 
Return same route. Fare from Darby, 10 cents. To and from 49th, 
5 cents. Transfer from east of 4()th, E. or W. on Market or Chest- 
nut; W. on Lancaster Ave., from 32d. 

People's Traction Company. 

Fourth and Eighth Streets Division. — Gcyina)itown and Pel ham 
Braiii/i. — Down (icrmantown Ave., Pelham de^jot to 4th, to Snyder 
Ave., to Stli. Up Sth, to Germantown Ave., to Pelham. Exchange 
tickets sold for Arch, Race, and Vine. Transfer going down, at Chel- 
ten Ave., E. or W.; at York Road, N.; at Lehigh Ave., E. or W.; 
at loth, S.; at Dauphin, E. on Indiana Ave. Line; at Susquehanna 
Ave., W. ; at 6th, S.; at Oxford, N. on 3d, and E. on Oxford; at 
Girard Ave., E. or W. ; at Fairmount Ave., W. ; at Green, E.; at 
Callowhill, E. or W.; at South, W.; at Passyunk Ave., S. Going 
up, at Passyunk Ave., S.; at South, W.; at Lombard, E.; at Callow- 
hill, E. or W.; at Green, E.; at Fairmount Ave., W. ; at Girard Ave., 
E. or W. : at Susquehanna Ave.,W.; at Dauphin, E. on Indiana 
Ave. Line; at Lehigh Ave., E. or W.; at York Road, N.; at Chel- 
ten Ave., E. or W.; at Pelham, to Chestnut Hill. 

Jnd/ajia Aveinie Branc/i. — From Fairhill and Indiana Ave., 
out Indiana Ave., to Sth, to Germantown Ave., to 4th, to Dickinson. 
LTp Dickinson to Sth, to Dauphin, to Marshall, to York, to Fairhill, 
to Indiana Ave. The transfers are the same as Germantown Line, 
with additional transfer S. on 4th from Dickinson, and N. on Sth, 
from depot, to Germantown, Chestnut Hill, and Old York Road 
Line. 

Chest ntit Hill B?'anch. — From Germantown Ave., and Spring- 
house Turnpike, Chestnut Hill, down Germantown Ave., to 4th, to 
Walnut, to Sth, to Germantown Ave., to Chestnut Hill. Fare below 
Pelham 5 cents, and between Pelham and Chestnut Hill, 5 cents. 
Passengers carried between Chestnut Hill and Wayne Junction in 
either direction for 5 cents. Exchanges and transfers same as 
Germantown Line, in addition transfer S., on 4th frtjin Walnut. 

Old York Road a7id Jenkiutoivn Braiieh.— From Walnut up Sth, 
to Germantown Ave. to C~)ld York Road, through Branchtown, Miles- 
town, and Ogontz, to Jenkintown. Return down Old York Road and 
Germantown Ave., to 4th, to Walnut. Fare, 5 cents to Haines and 
Oak Lane, and 5 cents additional to Jenkintown. Exchanges and 
transfers are the same as Germantown ]^ranch between Lehigh Ave. 
and Walnut, also at Germantown Ave. and York Road, transfer to 
Germantown and Chestnut Hill, and at Walnut S. on 4th. 

Siisqitclianna Avenue and Norris Street Branch. — Up Susque- 
hanna Ave. to 22d, to Norris, to Germantown Ave., to 4th, to Walnut. 
Up Walnut to Sth, to depot. Exchange tickets sold for Arch, Race, 



36 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

and Vine. Transferal Broad, N. and S.; at loth, S.; at nth, N.; at 
Sth, N.; at 6th, S.; at Oxford, E.; at (Hrard Ave., E. or W.; at Fair- 
mount Ave., W.; at Green, E.; at Callowhill, E. or W.; at Walnut, S. 
on 4th, E. on Lombard, W. on South, and S. on Passyunk Ave.; at 
Susquehanna Ave., N. on Sth. 

Green Street and Fairmount Avenue Division. — W'ahiut Street 
Branch. — From 27th and Girard Ave., down Girard Ave. to 26th, to 
Parrish, to 25th, to Green, to 4th, to Walnut, to Sth, to Fairmount 
Ave. , to 25th, to Girard Ave. , to 27th. Exchange tickets sold for Arch, 
Race, and Vine. Transfer going down, at Broad, N. and S.; at nth, 
N.; at loth, S.; at Sth, N.; at 6th, S., at 5th, N.; at 4th, E. on Green; 
at Callowhill, E. or W.; at Walnut, S. on 4th, E. on Lombard, and W. 
on vSoiith, and S. on Passyunk Ave. Going up, at Callowhill, E. or W. ; 
at Green, E.; at Fairmount Ave., N. on Sth; at loth, vS.; at nth, 
N.; at Broad, N. and S.; at Girard Ave., E. and W. 

Peach Street Branch. — Down Fairmount Ave., from 26th to 22d, 
to Green, to Beach. Up Beach to Fairmount Ave., to 26th. Transfer 
at 25th, N. to Girard Ave.; Broad, N. and S.; at nth, N.; at loth, S.; 
at Sth, N. ; at 6th, S. ; at 5th, N. ; at 4th, S. ; at 3d, N. ; at 2d. S. On 
Sunday, from 27th and Girard Ave., down Green, to Beach. Return 
up Fairmount Ave., to 27th and Girard Ave. 

Girard Avenue Division. — Down Elm Ave., from 44th or Belmont 
Ave., to Girard Ave., to Gunner's Run and Norris. Return same 
route. Exchange tickets sold at Belmont Ave., S. on Arch St. cars. 
Transfer at 40th, S.; at 26, vS. on Green St. car; at Broad, N. and S.; 
at nth, N.; at loth, S. ; at Sth, N.; at 6th, S.; at 5th, N.; at 4th, S.; 
at 3d, N.; at 2d, S.; at Frankford Ave., S.; at Richmond, N. 

Callowhill Street Division. — Down Callowhill from Callowhill 
St. Bridge, to Front, to Market. Up Front to Callowhill, to Bridge. 
Transfer at Broad, N. and S.; at nth, N.; at 10th S.; at Sth, N.; at 
6th, S.; at 5th, N.; at 4th, S., at s'd, N.; at 2d, S. 

Chelten Ai'cnue Branch. — From Wissahickon Ave., and Ritten- 
house, to Pulaski Ave., to Chelten Ave., to Stenton Ave. Return 
same route. Transfer at Germantown Ave., N. and S. 

Eloctri<' Traction Company. 

Lehigh Avenue Division.— Start at Ridge and Lehigh Avcs., down 
Lehigh Ave., to Kensington Ave., to Cumberland, to Richmond, to 
Huntingdon, to Kensington Ave., to Lehigh Ave., to Ridge Ave. 
Red car, red light at night. Transfer at Broad, S. ; at nth, N.; at 
Germantown Ave., N. and S.; at Hutchinson, S.; at 6th, S.; at 5th, 
N.; at Kensington Ave., N.; to Allegheny Ave., and S. to Jackson; 
at Amber, N. to Tioga; at Frankford Ave., S.; at Richmond, N., to 
Tioga and Bridesbiirg. 

Second and Third Streets Division. — Main Brancli. — Down 
Frankford Ave. to JclVerson, to 2d, to MifBin, to 3d. Up 3d to Ger- 
mantown Ave., to "Oxford, to Front, to Amber, to depot. White 
signlioard during day, white light at night. Exchange tickets sold 
for Arch, Race, and' Vine. Transfer going down, at Huntingdon 



GETTING ABOUT THILADELPHIA. 37 

St., at Cumberland; E. on Cumberland to Richmond and Bridesburg; 
at Girard Ave., E. and W.; at Fairmount Ave., W. ; at Green, E.; 
at Callowhill, E. and W. ; at Lombard, E.; at South, W. on South 
and S. on Pass^-unk Ave. Going up, at South, W.; at Lombard, E.; 
at Callowhill, E. and W. ; at Green, E.; at Fairmount Ave., W. ;at 
Brown, E. and to Richmond and Bridesburg; at Girard Ave., E. and 
W. ; at Oxford, N. on 3d; at Cumberland, E. on Cumberland, and to 
Richmond and Bridesburg; at depot, N. on Frankford Ave., and to 
Tioga St. , and Frankford. 

North Pciuisyliiania Depot and Frankford BrancJt. — Up 
Frankford Ave., to Mill, to Paul, to Arrott, to Main, to Harrison. 
Down Main to Frankford Ave., to Huntingdon, to Coral, to York, 
to 2d, to Dock. Up 3d to Germantown Ave., to Oxford, to 3d, to 
Dauphin, to Emerald, to Cumberland, to Amber, to depot. Green 
signboard during day, green light at night. Fare between Dock and 
Frankford, 10 cents; below Tioga, 5 cents. Exchange tickets sold for 
Arch, Race, and Vine. Transfer going down, at Huntingdon, W.; 
at Cumberland, E. ; at Girard Ave., E. and W.; at Fairmount Ave., 
W.; at Green, E.; at Callowhill, E. and W. ; at Dock, S.; on 2d, E. 
on Lombard, W. on South, and S. on Passyunk Ave. Going up, 
at Callowhill, E. and W.; at Green, E.; at Fairmount Ave.,W.; 
at Brown, E. on Brown and to Richmond and Bridesburg; at 3d and 
Oxford, E.; at Girard Ave., E. and W.; at 2d, N.; at Cumberland, 
E. on Cumberland and to Richmond and Bridesburg; at Hunting- 
don, W. 

RicJiniotid Eranc/i. — Down Richmond St., to Norris, to Girard 
Ave., to Frankford Ave., to Beach, to Fairmount Ave., to 2d, to 
Dock, to 3d. Up 3d to Brown, to New Market, to Laurel, to Front, 
to Richmond, to depot. Red signboard during day, red light at 
night. Sell exchange tickets for Arch, Race, and Vine. Transfer 
going down, at Huntingdon, W. ; at Girard Ave., W. ; at Fairmount 
Ave., W.; at Green. E.; at Callowhill, E. and W. ; at Dock, S. on 
2d, E. on Lombard, W. on South, S. on Passyunk Ave. Going up, 
at Callowhill, E. and W. ; at Green, E.; at Fairmount Ave. ,W.; 
at Brown, N. on 3d, and to North Pennsylvania and Kensington 
depots; at Huntingdon, W. ; at depot, N. on Richmond, and to Brides- 
burg. 

Bridcshuri^ Braiic/i. — Up Richmond St. , to Bridge St. , to 
U. S. Arsenal. Return same route. Transfer at depot to city. 
Fare, from south of Norris St. to Bridesburg, 10 cents. All pas- 
sengers transferred north to Tioga, for one fare; from north of 
Norris to Bridesburg, for one fare. Going down, passengers from 
Bridesburg transferred south to Girard Ave., for one fare; pas- 
sengers from south of Tioga, entitled to all privileges. 

Lombard and South Streets Division, — Baltijiiorc A7'cni(c 
Brai!c'/i. — From depot out S., to .South St. Bridge, io Spruce, to 3Sth, 
to Woodland Ave., to Baltimore Ave., to City Line at Cobb's Creek. 
Return on Baltimore Ave., to 40th, to Spruce, to South St. bridge, to 
27th, to Lombard, to Front, to South, to depot. Yellow signboard 
during day, I'cd light at night. Exchange tickets sold for Arch St. 



38 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Transfer going both ways at 2d, S.; at 3d, N.; at 4th, S.; at 5th, 
N. on 5th and S. on Passyunk Ave.; at 6th, S.; at Sth, N.; at loth, 
S.; at nth, N.; at Broad, N. or S.; at depot, to West Philadelphia. 

Passyunk yli'cniie Bi'aiich. — Down »Snyder Ave., to 12th, to 
Dickinson, to Sth, to Chi-istian, to 5th, to Lombard, to Front, to 
South. Up South to Passyunk Ave., to Juniper, to depot. Trans- 
fer going up at Dickinson, N. on nth; at loth, vS. ; at Sth, N.; at 
6th, S.; at 5th, N. on 5th and W. on South; at 3d, N.; at 2d, S. ; at 
Front, N. Going down at 2d, S.; at 3d, N.; at 4th vS.; at 5th, N. on 
5th and W. on South; at 6th, S.; at loth, S.; at 12th, N. on nth; at 
depot, S. on Point Breeze Branch. 

Ponii Breeze Braiich. — From depot down Passyunk Ave., to 
Schuylkill River. Return same route. Transfer at Broad, N.; at 
depot, N.; on Passyunk Ave. branch. 

Fifth and Sixth Streets Division. — Down Kensington Ave. to 
Front, to Berks, to 6th, to Jackson, to 5th. Up 5th to Berks, to Front, 
to Kensington Ave., to depot. Yellow signboard during day, and red 
light at night. Exchange tickets sold for Vine, Race, and Arch. 
Transfer going down, at Germantown Ave., S. ; at Girard Ave., E. 
or W. ; at Fairmount Ave. , W. ; at Green, E. ; at Callowhill, E. or W. ; 
at Lombard, E.; at South, W. ; at Passyunk Ave., vS. Going up, at 
South, W.; at Lombard, E.; at Callowhill, E. or W.; at Green, E.; 
at Fairmount Ave., W.; at Girard Ave. E. or W.; at Berks, N. on 
5th, to Lehigh Ave. and Franklinville; at Cumberland, E.; at depot, 
to Frankford. Main branch does not run Sunday. 

Lehigh Ai'eniie and Chr/sf/an .S'/rcv/ /)';v?;/r//.—L''p Kensington 
Ave. to'Lehigh Ave., to 6th, down 6th to Christian, to sth. L^p 5th, 
to Lehigh Ave., to Kensington Ave., to depot. Green signboard 
during day, green light at night. Exchange tickets and transfers 
same as main line, with following additional transfers : Going down, 
at 6th, W. on Lehigh Ave.; at Christian, S. on 6th. Going up, at 
Berks, E.; at Lehigh Ave., W. on Lehigh Ave., and N. on 5th to 
Franklinville ; at Cumberland, E.; at depot, to Frankford. 

pyankford Brain h. — From Harrison and MainSts., Frankford, 
down Main to Kensington Ave., to depot, over route main line to 
Jackson and return to depot, then out Kensington Ave., to Main, to 
Harrison. White signboard during day, red light at night. Fare 
going down, from Frankford 5 cents to Columbia Ave., and 5 cents 
below that point. From Allegheny Ave. , 5 cents to any point. Going 
up, 5 cents to Allegheny Ave., and 5 cents above that point. From 
points above Columbia Ave. , 5 cents to Frankford. Exchange tickets 
and transfers same as main branch, with additional exchange going 
down, out Lehigh Ave., and cast on Cumberland. 

I'ranklin Branch. — I'^rom 6th and Rising .Sun Lane down 6th to 
Powell, to 5th. LTp 5th to Rising Sun Lane, to 6th. Green signboard 
diiring day, green light at night. Exchanges and transfers same as 
main line as far south as Powell St., also transfer .going down, at 
Lehigh Ave., E. and W. ; at Powell, S. on 6th. Going up, at Berks, 
E.; at Lcliigh Ave, E. and W. 

Tenth and Eleventh Streets Division.— l^ji nil) to Cambria, to 



GETTING ABOUT PHILADELPIUA. 39 

Hutchinson, to Huntingdon, to Germantown Ave., to lotli, to Jack- 
son, to i2tli. Up 12th, to Wharton, to nth, to depot. Exchange 
tickets sold for Arch, Race, and Vine. Transfers at Lehigh Ave, 
E. or W. ; at Germantown Ave., S.; at Susquehanna Ave., W.; at 
Norris, E.; at Girard Ave., E. and W.; at Fairmount Ave., W.; at 
Green, E.; at Callowhill, E. and W.; at Lombard, E.; at South, W.; 
at Passyunk Ave., S. 

Oiuiiibujs Couipjiiiy Greiieral. 

Broad Street Line. — Down Huntingdon to Broad, toSnj'der Ave. 
Return same route. Three-horse 'buses, red light. Exchange tickets 
sold for Arch, Race, and Vine. Transfer at Lehigh Ave., E. or W. ; 
at Susquehanna Ave., W, ; at Norris, E.; at Girard Ave., E. and W.; 
at Fairmount Ave., W. ; at Green, E.; at Callowhill, E. and W. ; at 
Lombard, E.; at South, W. ; at Pas.syunk Ave., E. or W. 

Wurd'.s Leai;ue Island Ouinibus Line. 

On Broad, from Snyder Ave., to Broad St. Wharf, League Island 
Xavy Yard, and return. Tickets sold for Broad vSt. 'buses. 

Wissaliickon Electric Kuilvvay. 

From Sumac and Ridge Ave. (Wissahickon Station, Reading Rail- 
road), up Sumac to Manayunk Ave., to Lyceum Ave., to Mitchell, to 
Leverington Ave., to Ridge Ave., Roxborough, to Pennsylvania 
Railroad vStation, Manayimk, and Philadelphia &- Reading Railroad 
Station, Manayunk. 

Hestonville, Mantua & Fairmount Railway Co. 

Arch Street Division.— /)'(//;/(';// Ave>iite Branch. — Down Bel- 
mont x\ve., from Elm Ave., to Lancaster Ave., to Haverford, to 33d, 
to Spring Garden, to 20th, to Arch, to Front. Up Arch to 21st, to 
Vine, to 23d, to Spring Garden, to Lancaster Ave., to Belmont Ave., 
to Elm Ave. Red car, street names on transoms. Exchange tickets 
sold for loth and nth, 5th and 6th, 4th and Sth, 2d and 3d, Broad St. 
Omnibus, Lombard, and South. Transfer at depot to Hestonville and 
George's Hill ; at 20th and Race, E. on Race ; at 2d, S. on Race St. 
cars. 

Heston7'ille Branch. — From George's Hill down 52d to Lancaster 
Ave., to Haverford, to 33d, to Spring Garden, to 20th, to Arch, to 
Front. Up Arch to 21st, to Vine, to 23d, to S2:)ring Garden, to Lan- 
caster Ave., to 52d, to George's Hill. Exchange tickets same as Bel- 
mont line. Transfer at depot, N. on Belmont Ave., at 20th and Race, 
E. on Race ; at 2d, S. on Race St. cars. 

Race and Vine Streets Division. — Down Biddle to 25th, to 

Hamilton, to 22d, to Race, to 2d, to Walnut, to Dock, to 3d. Up 3d 

to Vine, to 23d, to Spring Garden, and then over route of Arch vSt. 

branch to Elm Ave. and return, to depot. Exchange tickets sold for 

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40 HANDY GUIDE TO rillLA DELPHI A. 

loth and nth, 5th and 6th, 4th and 8th, 2d and 3d, Broad St. Omni- 
bus, Lombard, and South. Transfer at 23d to West Philadelphia, via 
Arch ; at 20th and Race, E. on Arch ; at 3d and Arch, W. on Arch. 

Manayuuk Koad ami Koxboroiigli Inclined Plane and 

Railway. 

Main Branch. — From Sumac and Ridge Ave. (Wissahickon Sta- 
tion, Reading Railroad), up Ridge Ave. to depot, connecting for Ply- 
mouth and Chestnut Hill. 

Plv»ioiitIi Ihaiuli. — From depot to Ridge Ave., to Barren Hill, 
then on Perkiomen Turnpike to Plymouth. Cars run 40 minutes 
apart. 

Chcsfnitt Hill Line. — From depot on Ridge Ave. to Barren Hill, 
then on Perkiomen Turnpike to city line at Chestnut Hill. 

Chester Traction Company. 

From Darby to Chester on Chester Pike. Return same route. 
Fare, 5 cents to Norwood and Moore's ; 5 cents, Moore's to Chester. 



III. 

THEATERS AND OTHER PLACES OE 
AMUSEMENT. 



Theaters. — When night approaches, one of the first thoughts of 
most visitors to the city is to attend some place of amusement. In 
this particular Philadelphia is well provided. There are twenty-one 
theaters, including the famous Academy of Music, besides numerous 
halls for concerts, lectures, and miscellaneous entertainments. The 
theaters of Philadelphia compare favorably with those of any city in 
the Union; while not so sumptuous in their interior appointments, they 
are all handsomely decorated and furnished. As a general rule, the 
Philadeii^hia theaters are much larger than those of most other cities, 
and their stage room usually much greater. The niunicipal laws 
governing the safety of audiences in these places of amusement are 
very stringent, and generally observed scrupulously by the propri- 
etors. All the houses have asbestos curtains, many fire escapes, and 
abundant fire-extinguishing apparatus. All the new theaters are built 
as nearly fireproof as human ingenuity can make them, and, in case a 
conflagration should occur, every theater has provided for it so many 
exits that there is probably not one that can not be emptied inside of 
five minutes from gallery to parquet. The rates charged at the 
theaters giving regular dramatic performances are rather lower than 
in New York, the most fashionable charging $1.50 for a seat in the 
orchestra or parquet. Naturally, since the great mass of the floating 
population centers between Broad and Seventh and Spruce and Arch, 
the greater number of the lai-ge and finest theaters are located within 
this area. These are: The Academy of Music, Broad Street Theater, 
Chestnut Street Theater, Chestnut Street Opera House, and the 
Walnut Street Theater. There are other first-class theaters scattered 
in the northern part of the city at which a high grade of dramatic 
performances are given. Chief among these are; The Park, the Grand 
Opera House, and the Girard Avenue Theater, the last mentioned of 

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42 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

which supports a stock company. A number of small theaters at 
very low prices are situated in the region of Eighth and Vine 
streets, a list of which will be found farther on, with the character of 
their performances. In the northeast, the Kensington is a good 
theater where an enjoyable performance is nightly given. A com- 
plete list of theaters and prominent houses of amusement, together 
with the line of cars going and coming, follow ; 

Academy of Music. — Southwest corner Broad and Locust vSts. 
Operas, concerts, lectures, etc. Broad St. 'buses both ways. 

Bijou Tlicatcr. — 215 North Eighth St. Variety performances. 
People's Line north on Eighth, Philadelphia Traction south on 
Seventh. 

Broad Street Theater. — 225 South Broad St. Dramatic perform- 
ances. Broad St. 'buses both ways. 

Carncross' Opera House. — 19 South nth St. Minstrels. Electric 
Traction north on nth and south on loth. 

Chestnut Street Opera House. — 1025 Chestnut St. Drama. Phila- 
delphia Traction east on Chestnut, west on Market and Walnut. 

Chestnut Street Theater. — 1211 Chestnut St. Drama. Philadel- 
phia Traction Company east on Chestnut, west on Market and Walnut. 

Dime Museum. — Arch and Ninth Sts. Living curiosities and 
drama. Philadelphia Traction north on Ninth, Electric Traction 
south on loth. Ridge Ave. line, and Arch St. line east and west. 

Forepauglis Theater. — 255 North Eighth Street. Drama. 
People's line north on Eighth, south on Seventh. 

Git more' s Auditorium. — Walnut above Eighth. Vaudeville. 
Philadelphia Traction Company east on Chestnut, Avest on Walnut. 

Girard Avenue Theater.— G'ward Ave. near Seventh Street. 
Drama. People's Traction Companjr north on Eighth, Philadelphia 
Traction south on Franklin. 

Grand Opera House. — Broad St. and Montgomery Avenue. 
Opera in summer, drama and opera in winter. Broad" St. 'buses 
both ways, Philadelphia Traction north on Ninth to Broad St. and 
Montgomery Ave. 

Kensington 'Theater.— Y.a's.i Norris St. and Frankford Avenue. 
Drama. 

Lyeeunt Theater. — 729 Vine Street. Minor Drama and Burlesque. 
Race St. cars east. Vine St. west. Eighth St. north, Seventh St. south. 

Musical Fund Hall. — S06 Locust Street. Concerts, lectures, etc. 

National Theater.— ^\(\.%e Avenue and Tenth Street. Drama. 
Ridge Ave. line, loth St. south. Eighth St. north, exchanging on Cal- 
lowhill west. 

Park Theater. — Broad St. and Fairmount Ave. Drama. Broad 
St. 'l)uses. 

Peoples Theater. — Kensington Avenue and Cumberland Street. 
Drama. 

Stafidard I heater.— ii2(^ South Street. Drama. 

Star 7'//, ■(?/(•;■. — Eighth Street above Race. Merry-go-Round. 



PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 43 

Walnut Street Tlieater. — Walnut and Ninth Streets. Drama. 
Walnut St. cars west, Chestnut St. east. 

YoiDig Men's CJiristian Assoeiation. — Chestnut and 15th Sts. 
Concerts, entertainments, and lectures. 

Young Mens Cliristiein Assoeiation. — Germantown. German- 
town Ave. above Rittenhouse. Concerts, lectures, and general enter- 
tainments. Pennsylvania or Philadelphia & Reading R. R. to Chel- 
ten Ave. Station, or People's Line up Eighth St. and Germantown 
Road. 

Zooloj»ic;il Giirdeu. 

Among the attractions of the city is the Zoological Garden. It 
is situated in Fairmount Park, on the west side of the Schuylkill, and 
fronts on Girard Avenue, close beside the bridge. It is reached by 
the Pennsylvania Railroad from Broad Street Station, by the 
People's Traction Company, either by Eighth Street to Girard Avenue 
and westward, or through the Electric Traction Company up nth to 
Girard Avenue, and pass out Girard Avenue, and by the steamers 
plying up the river from the Green .Street entrance to Fairmount Park. 
The " Zoo" occupies a once famous tract known as " Solitude," the 
country seat of John Penn, a grandson of W^illiam Penn, the founder 
of Philadelphia. The old house in which Penn lived still stands on 
the grounds. The property is part of Fairmount Park, but is leased 
to the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, for the pui-poses for which 
it is used. There are thirty-three acres embraced by the garden, 
and there are housed in tasteful and picturesque buildings the largest 
and finest collection of animal life in America, and nearly as large as 
the largest institiition in the world. The grounds are beautifully 
laid oi:t, planted with trees, and well kept. It is open every day in 
the week, including Sunday, and is an interesting and instructive 
place to visit. 

Lectures and Miscelluaeous Exhibitions. 

Lectures form an important feature of Philadelphia life, and many 
are constantly being given in different parts of the city. They are 
often held at the Academy of Music and at the Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association, both in the center of the city and in Germantown, 
but by far the greater number are given under the auspices of church 
and other organizations. To find where and when these lectures are 
held, those interested should look for the advertisements in the morn- 
ing newspapers, particularly the Publie Ledger and the Reeord. 
1 )uring the autumn, v>-inter, and spring, the Academy of Natural 



44 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Sciences, at 19th and Race Streets, give almost a continuous course 
of afternoon and evening lectures on popular scientific subjects, the 
cost of admission to which is little more than nominal. Information 
regarding these lectures can be had from the Secretary of the 
Academy, an institution well worth visiting. 

Balls and Masquerades. 

At the Academy of Music two balls are given annually by the 
elite of the city. These are called the Assemblies. Money can not 
purchase entrance to them, and a card may be had only after 
the applicant's name has been duly passed upon by two boards — one 
of ladies and one of gentlemen. The first Assembly is extraordina- 
rily exclusive, far more so than the most exclusive social circles in 
any other city in the Union. The second is more liberal, many 
guests being invited annually from other cities. Besides this, several 
other large and fashionable balls are given in the Academy of Music 
annually, exclusively by invitation card. While the public is not 
admitted to any of these, there are numbers of other balls given at 
this great place of amusement which people may attend by the pay- 
ment of a certain sum. Among these are the functions given by 
the Order of Elks, the Hebrew Charity Ball, and several masquerade 
assemblies. 



^ IV. 
THE CITY'S PARKS AND DRIVES. 



Philadelphia possesses a vast area covered by public parks. Nearly 
3,600 acres are devoted in this manner to the people's health and 
pleasure. Of this, Fairmount Park takes 2,806 acres. League Island 
Park about 340 acres, and Hunting Park a little more than 43 
acres. Of these three, the first and last are open, and have been laid 
out under the best skill of the landscape gardener. The second, 
League Island Park, located in the lower part of the city, was only 
recently placed in the city plan, and the ground has not yet been taken 
and paid for, although it probably will be before the present year 
(1895) comes to a close. It will be utilized both as a pleasure resort 
and a children's playground on a grand scale. The remaining 
acreage is taken up by a large number of smaller plots ranging from 
half an acre to ten acres each, some of which are improved and 
beautified, while others as yet remain much as they were when first 
taken by the city, and are only used as playgrounds for the little 
ones. 

When William Penn founded Philadelphia, it is evident that he 
was a firm believer in public squares, for he placed five on the plan of 
the city, one on each comer and one in the center; these were known 
respectively afterward as Washington, Rittenhouse, Logan, Frank- 
lin, and Penn, or Centre Square. The last named is now occupied 
by the City Hall. Later Independence Square was added, and under 
the Act of Consolidation, in 1S54, four or five more were included. 
Although the acquisition of Fairmount Park began as early as 1S12, 
the real movement — which is now one of great magnitude — for a 
large number of breathing places was begun about the year iSSo, 
and was undertaken by Prof. Thomas Meehan, an eminent botanist, 
and a member of common council from the Twenty-second Ward, 
otherwise known as Germantown. Through him the City Parks 
Association was formed; and through him, and this organization, 

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and the newspapers, public sentiment was aroused to such an extent 
that within the last (ive or six years more than $500,000 has been 
si)cnl annually by the city on parks, and many plots have been 
given to the municipality by public-spirited citizens. A new organi- 
zation was recently formed called the Culture Extension League, 
with the avowed chief object <>f having the city provide a large num- 
ber of children's playgrounds in the dift'erent wards. 

The following is a list of all the i)arks now on the city ])lan: 

Fairinoiiiit Park. 

This grand pleasure ground occupies a portion of eight different 
wards — 143 acres in the 15th; 364.51 in the 21st; 200.25 in the 22d; 
1,195.58 in the 24th; 1S7 in the 2Sth; 268 in the 2Qth; 192 in the 32d; 
and 255.59 ill the 34th, making a grand total of 2,805.93 acres. Its 
southern end is at Callowhill Street bridge; from here it extends north 
on both sides of the Schuylkill River in varying widths to the AVissa- 
hickon Creek. Here it branches off and follows the latter stream, 
with its embracing hills, to the north side of Chestnut Hill. At 
Rittenhouse Street, about one mile above the mouth of the Wissa- 
hickon, a branch goes off to the right, follows the line of the Mono- 
shone Creek, or Paper Mill Run, and enters a short distance into 
Germantown . 

Fairmount Park may be reached by almost countless routes, any 
one of which would prove satisfactory to the visitor. The Arch, Vine, 
and Callowhill street ears all go directly to Old Fairmount Water 
Works, near Callowhill Street bridge. The Eighth Street cars, Fair- 
mount Avenue branch, and Eleventh Street cars to Fairmount Avenue 
(passes given west on application when fare is paid), go to the Green 
Street entrance, near the Schuylkill River Steamboat landing, by 
which various points along the river to the mouth of the Wissahickon 
may be reached in the summer months. The Spruce and Pine street 
cars also run to the Fairmount Water Works. The Eighth Street 
line goes to the West Park and the old Centennial grounds, viaGirard 
Avenue; and several branches of the Philadelphia Traction Company 
reach the latter spot through transfers. The Electric Traction Com- 
pany lines, hy transfers and direct cars, go to the upper end of the East 
I'ark; and the People's line, by transfer with tlie Chelten Avenue 
(icrmantown branch, reach the Monoshone Creek, part of Fairmount 
Park, not far from the Wissahickon. This last is a particularly 
desirable trip and will be mentioned more fully in its proper place. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad, Chestnut Hill branch, and certain trains 
on the New' York branch stop at Zoological Garden Station; Chelten 
Avenue Station, one mile from Wissahickon; Allen's Lane, one mile 
from Devil's Pool on Wissahickon; and each station thereafter to 




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THE CITY'S TATA'S A AW DRIVES. 47 

Chestnut Hill is but little, if any, farther from various points on the 
same stream, and the approaches of all are full of beauty. 

The first acquisition of land by the city within the bounds of 
Fairmount Park was made in 1812, for the purpose of obtaining a 
supply of water free from impurities. This site was known in the 
earliest days as " Faire Mount." Here is situated the chief water- 
works of the city, one of the many attractions for visitors. This and 
the land on the east side of the Schuylkill to Girard Avenue is called 
the Old Park, and within its limits is Lemon Hill, one of the spots 
where, in summer time, daily afternoon concerts are given by bands 
in the employ of the city, and on Sundays by public-spirited citizens 
headed by William M. Singerley of the Record. 

On the Old Park a vast amount of skill in landscape garden- 
ing is displayed, and along the banks of the river in this portion 
are to be found the handsome quarters of many well-known boat 
clubs. Here, too, a large grass plat is set aside near the Green 
Street entrance for croquet, lawn tennis, and for base ball for the 
smaller boys. Lemon Hill was formerly the country seat of Robert 
Morris, the patriot statesman, and the old house he occupied is still 
standing. The property was purchased by the city on July 24, 1844, 
though it was not until September 15, 1S55, that it was dedicated to 
public use. Partly to preserve the purity of the water supply, the 
West and East Parks, the Wissahickon, Cresheim Creek, and Paper 
Mill Run, were subsequently taken and added to the people's great 
pleasure grounds. 

The West Park. 

The West Park is, with one exception, the largest part of the 
whole. The southeast angle is occupied by the Zoological Garden, 
but the main portion begins on the north side of Girard Avenue. 
On this section the Centennial Exposition was held in 1876, and of 
the principal buildings, the Art Gallery and Horticultural Hall are 
still standing, cared for, and in public use. 

How to Reach the West Park. — Many Pennsylvania Railroad 
trains on Chestnut Hill branch, from Broad Street, stop at the Zoo- . 
logical Garden, and on the Schuylkill Valley branch at Park Station. 
Some Reading trains stop at Girard Avenue Station. The Chestnut 
and Walnut Streets, and certain cars of the Market Street branch of 
the Philadelphia Traction Company; the Arch Street. The Girard 
Avenue, through its feeders, as before mentioned, go to the West. If 



48 HANDY GUIDE TO PiniADELPHIA. 

carriages are used from the center of the city, the finest route is ii]) 
Broad to vSpring Garden, to Fairmount, through the Old Park to 
(lirard Avenue, west across Girard Avenue bridge. 

Some Notable Spots. 

Penn House. — On entering the West Park, to the right, just 
Ijcyond the bridge, and a few feet north of Girard Avenue, is the 
l>L'titia or Penn House, tlie first brick structure erected in Philadel- 
phia. It was built in 1682 and finished in 1683, and for many years 
it Avas used as the State House for the Province of Pennsylvania. It 
was ta,ken to its present location some years ago from Letitia Street 
in the old quarter of the city. 

Lansdowne Drive. — To the right of the Penn House, and at the 
western end of the bridge is Lansdowne Drive, its name being 
derived from the estate of " Lansdowne," of John Penn, the Ameri- 
can, whose nephew, John, built near here a house known as Eggles- 
field, in which he lived during the Revolution. The drive affords a 
magnificent view up the river, and passes, by means of a high bridge, 
over the romantic and famous Lansdowne ravine, so much in favor 
by lunch parties during the Centennial. On this drive, near this 
bridge, is " Sweet Briar Mansion," built by Samuel Brack, about iSio. 
He was a one-time Philadelphia merchant, and for some years a 
member of Congress and a vState Senator. 

Horticultural Hall. — In Horticultural Hall are still kept the mag- 
nificent tree ferns and other tropical plants which delighted the 
millions of visitors during the Centennial. At the west end of the 
old hall has been provided a place in which is stored a splendid 
collection of blooming green-house plants, collected many years ago 
by George W. Carpenter, at one time a well-known Philadelphian 
which was presented to the city, two or three years ago, by his widow. 

Memorial Hall. — A short distance away is the other great relic of 
the Centennial — Memorial Hall. It is partly occupied by the School 
of Industrial Art, for its rich collection of fine and useful art 
material. Here also is exhibited Rothermel's "Battle of Gettys- 
burg," a painting owned by the State. The Wilstach collection of 
paintings, bequeathed to the city some time ago, is displayed in this 
building. 

George's Hill. — To the north of the old Exposition grounds is 
George's llill, a tract of eighty-three acres, given to the city many 
years ago, for park purposes, by Jene and Rebecca George. It is a 



THE CITY'S PARKS AND DRIVES. 49 

favorite resort for picnic parties, for from its 210 feet altitude a fine 
and extended view is afforded both up and down the river. At the 
foot of George's Hill is the Allegorical Fountain, erected in 1S76 by 
the Catholic Total Abstinence Union. 

Belmont Mansion. — Northward about a mile is Belmont Mansion, 
part of which was built before the middle of the last century. It was 
for many years one of the most famous resorts for distinguished men 
in America. In this house Judge Richard Peters, the great scholar 
and patriot, was born in 1744, and died in 1S28. President Washing- 
ton and Lafayette were both guests in this house. The former 
planted a Spanish walnut tree on the grounds and the latter a \vhite 
walnut tree, Avhich is still standing. The Peters Maiisioji is now 
used as a restaurant for park visitors. 

*' Tom " Moore's House. — While " Tom " Moore, the sweet Irish 
poet, was sojourning in this city, he occupied a small rustic house on 
the banks of the Schuylkill, and this little edifice still stands, and 
may be found on the riverside below Belmont. 

When returning from the West Park, those who make the trip in 
carriages may take the west river drive, a fine road along the west 
bank of the Schu}-lkill, recently completed to Girard Avenue bridge. 

The East Park. 

The East Park begins at Girard Avenue and extends northwardly 
in a comparatively narrow strip to the Wissahickon. With the ex- 
ception of the last named place it has probably more romantic and 
picturesque spots than any other section of Fairmount Park. It 
abounds in hills and ravines, and in famous old colonial mansions. 
Along the east banks of the river runs a handsome driveway, with 
numerous arms, extending to all parts of the East Park. The People's 
line and the Ridge Avenue line of street cars afford cheap and quick 
means of reaching this section. 

Fountain Green and Mount Pleasant. — A short distance above 
Girard Avenue bridge is "Fountain Green," built in the latter j^art of 
the last century by Samuel Meeker, and beyond is "Mount Pleasant." 
This place will probably have great interest for visitors from the fact 
that it was once the propeily of Benedict Arnold, the traitor. It was 
built by Captain John McPherson, a Philadelphia privateer, during 
the wars between Great Britain, France, and SjDain , before the Revo- 
lution, while owning and occupying this dwelling. John Adams dined 
here in 1774 with McPherson, and that great statesman pronounced 



50 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

it "the most elegant seat in Pennsylvania." When the Revolutionary 
War broke out, Major-General Benedict Arnold, then Military Gov- 
ernor of Pennsylvania, purchased the property for his wife, Peggy, 
the lovely daughter of Judge Shippen. But when Arnold's treason 
became known the State confiscated the life interest which he had 
retained. Between 17S1 and 1782 the place was tenanted by Baron 
de Steuben, of Revolutionary fame. General Jonathan Williams, a 
patriot and commercial agent of the United .States in France, from 
1777 to 1785, and a judge of the Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia 
for some time, bought the property in 1796. It is now nsed as a 
restaurant, called "The Dairy," and provides light luncheons and 
milk. 

Rockland. — A short distance above Mount Pleasant is Rockland, 
one of the favorite haunts of picnic and other pleasure parties. The 
residence was built in the early part of the present century, and is on 
one of the most picturesque spots in the East Park. Just above the 
mansion is a promontory from which a beautiful view of the river 
and the heights beyond may be obtained. There is also a romantic 
glen in this neighborhood, deeply shaded by majestic trees, and sur- 
prisingly cool, even on the warmest days of summer. 

Ormiston. — The next place above Rockland is Belleville, and 
beyond is Ormiston, another interesting point. This jsroperty for- 
merly belonged to Edward Shij^pen Btird, husband of the lady who 
afterward founded the Burd Orphan Asylum. Pretty nooks and 
pleasant walks are in abtmdance here. 

Strawberry Mansion. — Rivaling Rockland as a favorite spot for 
pleasure parties is Strawberry Mansion, north of Edgelj-, the next 
place beyond Ormiston. Here is a good restaurant and many con- 
veniences for the comfort and pleasure of visitors, both adult and 
juvenile. The mansion stands near the river, on a lofty elevation, 
surrounded by monster trees that appear to have stood there for 
centuries. As at Lemon Hill, daily open air concerts are given during 
the summer, by a band employed by the city, and this, as well as 
the beautifully laid out surrounding grounds, serve to draw thousands 
to the spot all through the summer months. 

Woodford Mansion. — Near the Ridge Road stands Woodford 
Mansion, occupied now by one of the principal officials of the park. 
On the grounds immediately surrounding the mansion are several 
extraordinarily line specimens of the rare and mj'sterious Franklin 
tree, mentioned in connection with Bartram's Gardens. 



THE CITY'S TARA'S AND DRIVES. 51 

Not far above this point the East Park ends and the Wissahickon 
Park begins. 

Wissaliiokon Purk. 

Many who have traveled much pronounce the scenery along the 
Wissahickon Park among the most charming in the world. The 
Wissahickon Creek winds in short curves for miles between high and 
thickly-wooded hills, which are frequently split into romantic gorges, 
with little streams dashing down them in rapid rifts and small cas- 
cades. There is a quiet loveliness attached to every foot of this 
portion of the park that leaves a deep impression which grows with 
each succeeding visit. The lower portion of the Wissahickon may be 
reached by the Ridge Avenue cars and the Norristown Branch of the 
Reading Road to Wissahickon Station, and to the upper portion by the 
Pennsylvania Railroad, Chestnut Hill Branch, by taking a walk of 
some distance. The best method of seeing the whole of this portion 
(if Fairmount Park is to hire a carriage and make a complete day of 
it. In this case, after reaching Girard Avenue and the park, take the 
East River Drive to the Wissahickon, and enter at the point where the 
stream and valley are spanned by the handsome stone bridge of the 
Norristown Branch of the Reading Road. This bridge, which is 
492 feet in length, 28 feet wide, 75 feet high, and has five spans of 65 
feet each, adds largely to the attractiveness of the entrance. 

Refreshment Houses. — Dotted along the Wissahickon drive are 
several refreshment houses, but none within the park limits sell 
either beer or any intoxicating beverages, as such are prohibited 
by the Commissioners of Fairmount Park. But about a mile and a 
half up the stream, just outside the limits, and a couple of hundred 
feet only from the line of the park, is a large hotel where liquors may 
be obtained. Many years ago, the houses along the Schulykill and 
Wissahickon were famed for their "cat-fish, coffee, and waffles." 
To a minor extent the old reputation is sustained by these hostelries. 

Fishing. — As the visitor enters the Wissahickon Valley he finds 
the stream near its outlet dammed, and the waters above placid and 
deep, and having on its bosom numberless boats which may be 
hired at the hotels. But a mile or so above, the quiet appearance of 
the stream ceases, the waters rush rapidly over a shallow bed, dash 
madly over and around large binilders, flash in rifts, and darken in 
deep pools. To the eye of an angler, this pelucid creek smacks of a 
trout stream, which indeed, some twenty miles above the park limits, 
it is, to a limited extent, but favorable as it appears few trout are 
seen or caught as far down as Chestnut Hill, For some years the 
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53 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Wissahickon was one of the best black-bass streams in the State, but, 
through illegal fishing, few of this great game fish are now to be 
found there. About a year ago, the Public Ledger, through some 
of its editors, induced the State Fish Commission to heavily stock the 
Wissahickon with rock bass, calico bass, white bass, yellow perch, 
and blue sunfish. Several thousand mature fish of these species 
were placed therein, about their spawning time, and a little later 
in the year, the Publu- Ledgt-r induced the United States 
Government to add to the supply. A large number were again put 
in the creek this year; thus good sport for anglers may be had again 
in the Wissahickon. Besides these fish, the stream is literally 
alive with white chubs, which rise eagerly to the artificial fly. As 
many as fifty fish, ranging from six to ten inches, have been taken 
from the stream in a single afternoon. By an order of the Fair- 
mount Park Commissioners, fishing is only allowed in the Wissa- 
hickon on Wednesdays and Saturdays. 

Drives and Pathways. — The Wissahickon drive enters the park 
on the left bank of the stream, but a little above Rittenhouse Street 
it crosses by a wooden bridge to the right bank, and follows its 
sinuosities to the far side of Chestnut Hill, where it enters the Barren 
Hill Pike, a short distance to the north of St. Joseph's Roman Catho- 
lic Seminary. From the river road a footway termed a bridle path 
enters the valley and cuts along the hillside on the right bank of the 
creek, and extends to the bridge above Rittenhouse Street. At this 
point the bridlepath is transferred to the left bank of the stream, 
from whence it runs high up the hillside through deep shade to the 
northern limits of the park. For convenience of description we will 
follow this bridle path. For the first mile above the outlet of the creek 
the path winds about towering rocks and along the verge of steep but 
low precipices; then the valley broadens out, and a series of fine pic- 
nic grounds are reached. From here is a steep ascent for two or 
more hundred feet to a pretty rustic summer-house. 

The Monastery, Etc. — Near here is the " Monastery," a building 
once occupied by the " Hermits of the Ridge," the remains of a 
peculiar sect which settled in this neighborhood early in the eight- 
eenth century under the name of the " Women of the Wilderness." 

At the head of this body of men was John Kelpius, a young scholar 
and mystic, who prayed and waited for the coming of the " woman 
clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and twelve stars 
on her forehead. She who had fled into the wilderness." The sect 
came from Germany to America because, from many events and 
signs, in which the thirty-years' war, the newness of this country, its 
peculiar situation, etc., it was believed America was the place for 
the coming of the promised one. The sect did not exist long after 



THE CITY'S PARKS AA'D DRIVES. 53 

the death of Kelpius, which occurred a few years after his arrival in 
this country. 

On the opposite side of the creek is a fine spring named after Kel- 
pius, and not far away is a romantic Hermit's Glen. The huge rock 
just below the drive bridge is known as Washington's Rock. 

Mom Rinker's Rock. — Taking the bridle path on the east side of 
the stream for perhaps a short mile, " Mom " Rinker's Rock is come 
upon. Diligent investigation has failed to satisfactorily explain this 
peculiar title, though the name Rinker is a familiar one among the 
early Germantown families. On the top of this rock is placed a 
statue of William Penn, a gift of the Hon. John Welsh, once minister 
to England, and who owned the place where the statue stands, before 
it was utilized for park purposes. 

The Caves. — Beyond pretty scenery and romantic spots there is 
nothing particularly noteworthy until Livezey's Lane is reached. 
Here, by crossing the bridge to the drive and walking north about 
two hundred yards, a little stream is come upon, which empties into 
the Wissahickon, and on the north side of that little stream, twenty- 
five or thirty feet from the road, is a mysterious artificial cave. It 
once was entered from the brook, but with years portions have fallen 
in until now not more than forty or fifty feet of cavern remain. It 
has two chambers. A hundred yards farther on is a second cave, 
also the work of man, and a third, now entirely obliterated, existed 
a few years ago a short distance beyond. There is a tradition that 
these caves were made by the "Women of the Wilderness," and 
also that they were the work of Indians. This, however, can not 
be, since they were made by blasting and drilling tools. What is 
more probable, is another story that they were made by prospectors 
for lead and silver during the early part of the present century. 

Livezey House. — Crossing again to the bridle path and following 
it a short mile, the old Livezey House is reached. This old edifice, 
which was in the hands of the Livezey family for a century and a 
half before the city included it in the park, was, during the Revolu- 
tionary War, a sort of neutral ground where British and American 
officers met and forgot for a few hours, in the company of the charm- 
ing ladies, that they were at war with each other. The remains of a 
pre-Revolutionary mill still stands beside the house. 

Devil's Pool. — A short distance above the Livezey House the 
Cresheim Creek empties into the Wissahickon. At the point where 
the bridle path crosses it, by a pretty rustic bridge, is a large, dark, 



54 HANDY GUIDE TO PlI H.A DELPIIIA . 

square body of water known as the Hermit's Pool. At one corner 
beneath an overhanging rock, thrown there, according to an Indian 
legend, by an evil spirit, is a pretty little cascade. On the other side 
of this overhanging rock, and at the junction of another huge mass, 
is a small, deep pool, continually frothing and seething. This is the 
" Devil's Pool," though that name is sometimes erroneously applied 
to Hermit's Pool. Among the youth the Devil's Pool is believed to 
be bottomless. 

Lover's Leap.— The rock on the west of the " Devil's Pool," and 
which is crowned by a rustic pavilion, is known as " Lover's Leap." 
It derives its name from an Indian legend, to the effect that a mighty 
chief promised his daughter to the warrior who could outrun his 
competitors. One of the Indians entering the race was the favored 
one, but by the fortune of the day the winner was a wiry old war- 
rior, with little to recommend him except his fighting qualities. 
Distraught by grief the defeated lover and devoted maiden rushed 
to the rock which overhangs Hermit's Pool, plunged into the waters 
and were drowned. The vicinity of Devil's Pool and Lover's Leap is 
a favorite picnic ground. 

Valley Green. — Above Cresheim Creek is Valley Green, where 
boats may be hired and a comfortable meal obtained at the quaint old 
wayside Valley Green Hotel. This is a favorite terminus for many 
driving parties, though the two or three miles of drive above is full 
of wild and romantic beauty. 

Happy Valley. — A few hundred yards above Valley Green, on 
the main driveway, is a road called Wise Mill Road; parallel with it 
for a quarter of a mile runs a broiling little stream. It then crosses 
the road and enters the deep woods, and a pretty little valley to 
which " Fabian," a gentle member of the Monks of the Meerschaum, 
some years ago, on account of its peaceful character, gave the name 
of Happy Valley. The little stream is full of pretty little cascades 
from four to ten feet high. 

Pro Bono Publico. — Half a mile above Valley Green, on the 
drive, is the iirst public fountain erected in Philadelphia. It has a 
lion's head spout framed by a granite arch, and the water falls into a 
dee]) basin cut from a single block of stont;. Above are cut the 
words " Pro I'ono Pul)]ic()," and bt'low the basin " l^.sto Perpetuo." 
It was presented to the city in 1854, by Mr. Joseph Cook. 

Indian Rock. — Not far above "Pro Bono Publico," on the east 
side of tile creek, high up on the steep hill, stands a huge rock pro- 



THE CITY'S TAJ^A^S AND DRIVES. 55 

jecting from anioiiijj the tall trees and having cnt in its face a large 
cavern. Surmounting this rock is the wooden effigy of an Indian. 
According to a legend a hunted Indian sought refuge in this cavern 
and thus escaped his foes. Not far above, the park limit is reached. 

Wissahickon Park is kept, as nearly as possible, in its original 
wild state, and it is estimated that more than 200,000 trees clothe its 
steep and picturesque sides. 

Almshouse Park. — Twenty-seventh Ward; set apart by ordi- 
nance of Jvily 6, 1883. Area, 73.725 acres. Bounded by South Street, 
vSpruce Street, 34th Street, Vintage Aveniie, to southern boundary 
of Almshouse grounds, to Schuylkill River, to South Street. Not 
available for the public. 

Bartram's Gardens. — Bartram's Gardens is in the Twenty-seventh 
Ward. It was placed in the city plan, July 2, 1S88. Its area is ii.oSo 
acres, and it is situated between 53d, 54th, and Eastwick streets and 
the Schuylkill River. To reach this park take the Baltimore & Ohio 
Railroad, or the Woodland Avenue branch of the Philadelphia Trac- 
tion Company, Walnut Street Line. This park is one of the most 
important in a historical point of view of any of the city's public 
grounds, and is besides an exceedingly interesting place to visit. 
It is a portion of the farm of the celebrated botanist John Bartram, 
and of his almost equally distinguished son William. On these 
grounds the two established probably the first botanic garden in 
this country, and nearly every specimen of tree planted was brought 
by one or the other of them from its native place. A large num- 
ber of these trees still exist; among the most noteworthy is a 
huge cypress, which now has a girth of more than twenty-five feet, 
and is the largest specimen in cultivation. This was brought on 
horseback from Georgia by the elder Bartram. 

Another tree which is still there, though in a dying condition, is 
one which is surrounded in some respects by the greatest mystery. 
It is called the Franklin Tree. On one of William Bartram's 
explorations in the South, he came upon about three acres of a 
wonderfully beautiful plant, with long, shining green leaves, and 
large, single, white, camellia-like blossoms. He brought home with 
him four seeds and planted them in his garden. One of these seeds 
grew, and in time reached maturity and blossomed. Then Bartram 
discovered that the plant, although its flower parts were apparently 
perfect, would ntjt seed. As he recognized the great value of the 
Franklin Tree for cultivation, he made a .second visit to the locality 
where he first found it, to gather more seeds or secure some plants. 
But when he arrived every plant had disappeared, and, although the 



56 IIAXDV GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

whole country has since been thoroughly searched, not another plant 
was ever found in a wild state. Botanists have since decided that 
the Franklin Tree's mission on earth was about fulfilled when 
Bartram discovered it, and soon after became extinct, except for the 
plant then growing in Philadelphia. Nurserymen now only keep 
the stock up by layering it, and the pr(xUict in this way is extremely 
small. Frf)m the Bartram Tree are a few line specimens in Fair- 
mount Park, near the old Thayer Mansion. 

Another feature of interest in the Bartram Gardens is the old Bar- 
tram House which was built by John Bartram without any outside 
assistance. It is a quaint structure with a still more quaint inscrip- 
tion, cut by himself in a stone, built in the wall over the front window 
of the room which he vised as a study, and which reads as follows: 

" 'Tis God alone, Almighty I>(ird, 
The Holy One, by me adored." 

An old stone cider-press still stands on the place, and from one 
portion of the grounds a magnificent view down the river is obtained. 

John Dickinson Square.— First Ward; placed in the city plan 
February 4, 1S92. Area, 2.732 acres. Bounded by Tasker, Mom's, and 
Fourth streets and Moyamensing Avenue. Unimproved. 

Disston Park, — Thirty-fifth Ward; opened and laid out by Henry 
Disston; partial gift to city. Area, 3.108 acres. Bounded by Keystone 
Street, the Philadelphia & Trenton Railroad, Longshore and Tyson 
streets. An ornamental square, but presents nothing of especial in- 
terest to strangers. 

Fairhill Park. — Nineteenth Ward; jiart of the estate of Joseph 
Parker Norris, taken by act of the assembly April 6, 1S46. Area, 
4.41 1 acres. Bounded by Lawrence, Fourth, Huntingdon streets 
and Lehigh Avenue. Not particularly interesting. 

Stephen E. Fotterall Square.— Twenty-eighth Ward; placed in 
the city plan March 10, 1892. Bounded by nth, 12th, York, and 
Cumberland streets. Unimproved children's playground. 

Franklin Square.— Laid out by William Penn on the founding of 
the city. Area, 6.700 acres. Bounded by Race, Vine, Sixth, and 
Seventh streets. For many years this plot was used as a graveyard, 
and many bones of the dead still repose beneath the sod with the 
headstones laid flat above them. The square is full of handsome 
trees, and has in the center a large and pretty fountain. 

Girard Park.— Twenty-sixth Ward. Area, 27.196 acres. Bounded 
by 20th, 23d, and Porter streets, Oregon and Penrose avenues. Placed 
on the city plan April u, 1890. This is the homestead and farm of the 



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famous PhiUidelphiu mLTcliant and founder of Girard College, 
Stephen Girard. Here he lived for years his enigmatical life, driving 
daily into the city in his one-horse sorry-looking chaise. 

Germantown Park. — Twenty-second Ward; bought by the bor- 
ough in 1S54. Corner of Mill and Germantown avenue. A small 
plot interesting only because it contains a handsome soldiers' monu- 
ment. Opposite is the Elliston P. Morris house, the executive mansion 
during the yellow fever scourge of 1793-94, 'i^c^ occupied during that 
time by President Washington. 

Hunting Park. — Thirty-third Ward; presented to the city in 1854. 
Area, 43. 133 acres. On the north side of NicetownLane and southeast 
of Old York Road. To reach this park, which is VN'orth a visit, take the 
York Road car on Eighth Street, or the i ith Street car to Germantown 
Avenue, and take York Road car there. Tliis park was purchased 
and turned over to the city completely improved, with trees, lawns, 
walks, etc., as a free gift by Alfred Cope and a number of other pub- 
lic-spirited citizens. 

Independence Square. — Independence vSquare is in the Fifth 
Ward, and is bounded l)y Fifth, Sixth, Chestnut, and Walnut 
streets. On it stands Indej^endence Hall, the first United States 
Supreme Court building, the Senate Chamljer and Congress Hall, 
where the second President of the United vStates was inaugurated ; 
and the Amcriciin Philosophical Societ\' Hall. Its area is 4.591 acres, 
and is handsomely laid out and planted witli many rare trees, some 
of which were the first specimens of the kind planted in America. 
The square was, before the Revolution, a common where public 
meetings were held, and where many stirring incidents occurred. 
Many Presidents of the United States have also spoken to vast 
throngs in this square. It was placed on the city plan May 19, 1825. 

Jefferson Square. — Second Wtird; placed on the city plan April 
12, 1S35. Area, 2. 65S acres. Bounded by Washington Avenue, Third, 
Fourth, and Federal streets. A pretty and shady resting place. 

Juniata Park. — Thirtj^-third Ward; placed on the city plan July 
2, 18S8. Area, 30.06S acres. Bounded by Cayuga, L. I. streets and 
Frankford Creek ; at present unimproved. This is the estate of 
Comegys Paul, a member of an old Philadelphia family, and when 
put in good condition, will be one of the most picturesque of the small 
parks in the city. It has several pretty ravines and water courses 
spanned by rustic bridges, and has growing on it a large number of 
fine trees. The Frankford Creek, on the banks of which it rests, is 



58 HAXDV GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

here a very pretty stream. At present this park is not easily 
aceessible. 

E. C. Knight Park. — Twenty-sixth Ward. A gift of Mr. E. C. 
Knight, I\Iarch 8, 1890. Area, 3.636 acres. Bounded, by 33d and 
34th streets, 41st and 42d avenues, south. Unimproved. 

Logan Square. — Logan Square is a second of the five squares 
plotted by William Penn. It contains 7.S34 acres, and is bounded by 
i8th, 19th, and Race and Vine streets. In its early days it was used 
as a potter's field, and a place for public execution of criminals. 
Here also were many j^ellow fever victims buried. During the Civil 
War the Sanitary Fair Commission held its fair on this square. It 
was improved by the city in 1S25. Majestic trees are growing plenti- 
fully in this square. 

McPherson Square. — Thirty-third Ward; placed on the city 
plan November 29, 1S90. Area, 5.739 acres. Bounded by Clear- 
field, Indiana, E, and F streets. This was originally the home of 
General William McPherson, a patriot of the Revolution. Prior to 
that struggle he was an officer in the British navy, but when the war 
for independence opened he resigned and gave his sword to the land 
of his birth. He was aid-de-camp to Lafayette for a time, and 
afterward in command of troops in Virginia. The old homestead is 
still standing, but nothing has been done by the city towards improv- 
ing the property. Thus, except to a person interested in seeing an 
historic house, there is nothing to attract the visitor. 

Mifflin Square. — First Ward; placed on the city plan February 
4, 1S92. Area, 3.627 acres. Bounded by Wolf, Ritner, Fifth, and 
Sixth. Unimproved. 

Wister Morris Square. — Twentj'-fourth Ward. About ten acres 
in extent. A bequest to the city by the will of Wister Morris. 
vSituated on City and Lancaster avenues. Unimproved. 

Norris Square. — Nineteenth Ward. Part of the estate of J. P. 
Norris, taken by act of Assembly, April 6, 1848. Area, 5.776 acres. 
Bounded by Susquehanna, Diamond, Howard, and Hancock streets. 
Uninteresting. 

Ontario Park. — Thirteenth and Stiles streets. This is a small 
plot of only about three or four acres and is only worthy of special men- 
tion on account of an electric fountain recently erected by Mr. Wil- 
liam L. iClkins. It is one of the class which delighted the millions 
who visited the World's Fair in Chicago by the gorgeous hues of the 
water tinted through colored electric lights. The new fountain in 



THE Cirrs FAKKS AXD DRIVES. 59 

Ontario Park is sixteen feet high and has three basins of ornamental 
design. Each basin above the first is supported by finely carved fig- 
ures, and seven different spreads of water are thrown out, one for 
each day in the year. These spreads are not worked automatically, 
but by means of a keyboard. The fountain is lighted by three lights 
of thirty-two candle-power each and of no volts. The colors thrown 
are three in number — red, white, and green. 

Passyunk Square. — Twenty-si.xth Ward; placed on the city 
plan March iS, 1S71. Area, 3.639 acres. Bounded by Wharton, Reed, 
12th, and 13th streets. A cool resting place in summer. 

Pleasant Hill Park.— Thirty-fifth Ward. A gift, November 11, 
18S9. Area, 3.397 acres. Bounded by Linden vStreet, Delaware 
Avenue, and Delaware River. Unimproved. 

Rittenhouse Square. — Rittenhouse Square, the third of the five 
squares plotted by William Penn. Is bounded by iSth, 19th, and 
Walnut streets and Rittenhouse Square. Of the four original corner 
squares this is the only one which was never used as a burial ground. 
It was left as a neglected lot until 1825, when measures were taken to 
improve it. It has an acreage of 6.219. It is in the most fashionable 
part of the town, magnificent brown-stone structures surround it, 
and the owners take great pride in seeing that the square always 
looks well. 

Shackamaxon Square. — Eighteenth Ward; placed on city plan 
April 30, 1850. Area, about % of an aci'e. Bounded by Frankford, 
Lawrie, Beach, and Manderson streets. It is occupied partly by a 
public bath house. 

Starr Garden.— Seventh Ward. Partly a gift of Miss Halliwell, 
and partly taken by city ordinance. This square is in the heart of 
the slums, and much attention is being given its improvement, and 
large sums of money are being expended to enlarge and improve it. 
Part of this square is under the partial control of a benevolent slum 
organization, known as the College Settlement. The park is in the 
vicinity of St. Mary's Street and Seventh and Eighth. 

Stenton Park. — Stenton Park is in the Twenty-second Ward, 
near Wayne Junction, on the Chestnut Hill Branch of the Reading 
Railroad. It is bounded by i6th, i8th, Wyoming, and Courtland 
streets, none of which are fully opened. The park embraces 14.099 
acres, and is partly a gift (though not yet surrendered), and partly by 
ordinance of councils of July 2, 1888. This place, which, while it 
may under some reservations be visited, is not yet, and probably will 



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not be for some lime, open to the publie, is one of the famous ones of 
old Philadelpliia. It was the home of WilHam Penn's Colonial Sec- 
retary, James Logan. The old mansion in which James Logan lived 
is still standing and in perfect order, and is occupied by descendants 
of the family. Thus it is, though on the city plan, not yet in the 
city's actual possession. It is one of tlic jilaces to see, but a polite 
request should be preferred of the present owners, who have absolute 
rights to refuse if they see fit. 

Susan Gorgas' Park. — Twenty-first Ward. Situated on Ridge 
Avenue. About four acres. A gift of the late .Susan (5orgas of 
West Chester. Unimproved. 

Huron Square. — A small, uninteresting, triangular strip, ni the 
Nineteenth Ward. 

William Penn Treaty Park. — Treaty Park is in the Nineteenth 
Ward, on the Delaware River, west of Beach .Street and north of 
Hanover. It is a small tract of 2.593 acres, but one of the most 
notable events in the hi.story of colonial Pennsylvania occurred here. 
< )n this .spot, under the spreading branches of a huge elm, destroyed 
only a few years ago, William Penn made his famous treaty with the 
Indians. It was placed on tlie city plan as a park March 10, 1892, 
and was put in good condition with pretty apjjointments, and opened 
to the public, with imposing ceremonies, on July 4, 1S93. 

Union Square. — An uninteresting little plot in ihe Twelfth Ward. 

Vernon Park. - Twenty-second Ward; i)laced on the city plan 
November 29, 1S90. Formally opened to the public July 4, 1893. 
Now undergoing improvement, but well worth while to visit if in the 
neighborhood, as it has some historic interest and many rare and 
beautiful trees. It contains 7.975 acres. On the occasion of the 
ojjening a great meeting was held, and a huge parade given, in honor 
of Prof. Thomas Meehan, the father of the Small Parks Movement, 
and who resides in that ward, and a large silver memorial ])resented 
him by citizens of Pliiladelphia, for his successful efforts in behalf of 
the increase of i)ul)lic greens. Vernon Park was the homestead of 
one l)ranch of the Wister family, and the old mansion, one of the 
handsomest of the colonial residences, stands amid a great grove of 
trees in the center of the park. Many of the trees in this place were 
collected by Kin, a famous and eccentric botanical collector of the 
early part of the present century. 

Washington Square. — Washington vScjuare occupies the fourth 
corner of the city, as originally laid out by William Penn. It is in 



THE CITY'S I'ARKS AN J) DRIVES. 61 

the Fifth Ward, diagonally across the street Ironi Indei)endenee 
Sciuare, and is bounded by Walnut, Locust, Sixth, and Seventh streets. 
It has an area of 6.689 acres, and for many years was a great attraction 
to tree lovers from all over the country, on account of the splendid 
collection of deciduous trees planted there. It was in fact an arbore- 
tum unexcelled in America. No two specimens were alike, and 
many were very rare. Of late years, this feature of the square has 
been neglected, silver maples and other such ordinary trees taking 
the place of those which died. Before the city improved this plot 
it was used as the city's chief potter's field, and during the yellow 
fever scourge of 1793-94 hundreds of victims were buried there. 
In the center of the square stands a neat soldiers' monument. 

Waterview Park. — Twenty-second Ward. This is a gift of the 
Haines estate, imd is to be used exclusively as a children's play- 
ground. It is at jiresent an luiimproved lot, having on it an old 
stone farmhouse. 

Weccacoe Park. — Third Ward. A small plot taken by tlio city 
July 2, 1SS8. Once the site of an old graveyard. It is near the 
slum district, and is only important as a breathing spot for the poor 
of Philadelphia. It was suggested for public purposes by a poor 
washerwoman who lived in the vicinity. 

Wharton Square. — Twenty-sixth Ward; placed on the city plan 
April 11,1890. Area, 3.810 acres. Bounded by Wharton, Reed, 23d, 
and 24th streets. Unimproved. 

Wamrath. — Twenty-third Ward; placed on the city plan March 
10, 1S92. A small umimproved plot, bounded by Kensington and 
Frankford avenues and Green vStreet. Intended chiefly as a finishing 
touch to the two first-named avenues, which come together at this 
point. 

Other Plots. — A number of other sites are under consideration by 
the city, most (;f which will probably be taken. 

Drives. 

Philadelphia has many pretty drives, the chief of which of course 
are those through Fairmount Park. Others lead to and through the 
many handsome suburbs. Dvu-ing the summer months tisually there 
are "tallyho" coaches under the chai-ge of gentlemen drivers, who, for 
certain fees, take persons over some of the handsomest of these drives, 
notably the one which passes along the romantic Wissahickon Creek. 
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62 HANDY GUIDE TO PIIILADELP/IIA. 

may secure carriages by application at the clerk's desk in the hotel 
they are stopping at, or by district messenger call. 

Broad Street. — A pleasant afternoon drive may be made on North 
or South Broad Street, which has been asphalted nearly its whole 
length, and is considered by the city as one of its principal urban 
driveways. 

Spring Garden Street. — Spring Garden vStreet, west of Broad, is 
also used to a great extent for pleasure carriages, particularly by 
those who are on their way to the chief drives in the park. 

Park Drives. — The East drive and West River drive in Fairmount 
Park have already been mentioned. A carriage trip north on the 
first, from the Green Street entrance of the park to Wissahickon, 
thence to Indian Rock and retiirn to Wissahickon Crossing, the 
Schuylkill, and home by the West River drive, will afford a long but 
delightful outing — the best probably that could be taken. 

Belmont Drive. — This is also a park drive and was mentioned in 
connection with West Fairmount Park. This drive may be taken in 
conjunction with the Lansdowne drive, and next to the East and 
West River drives would perhaps give the greatest pleasure. 

Other Drives. — Drives to some of the outlying districts, partic- 
ularly to Germantown, Chestnut Hill, and Bryn Mawr, are very pro- 
lific in beauty and interest. The best routes can be furnished by the 
drivers of the carriages. 



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V. 

A TOUR OF THE CITY. 



Philadelphia is so large, and there is so much of interest to see, 
that unless the visitor intends making a j^rotracted stay, it is simply 
out of the question to visit a tenth part of what is to be seen. A few 
Ijrief suggestions are therefore here given, by which a fair amount of 
pleasure may be gathered in a short space of time. 

Up Broad Street. 

Some years ago, by ordinance of councils, railway tracks were 
removed from Broad Street, except on the northern and southern 
ends, in order that the people might have a magnificent driveway. 
The avenue, which is 120 feet wide, was then paved with sheet 
asphaltum, and became, with the exception of a short distance north 
and south of Market Street, a thoroughfare lined with palatial 
residences. Two lines of double-deck omnibuses pass up and down 
this highway, and a round-trip ride on one of these conveyances is 
well worth taking. On the upper deck, which is made use of alike 
by ladies and gentlemen, smoking is allowed, and no more per.sons 
are allowed in any part of the vehicle than it will seat. The round 
trip costs 10 cents. The transfers and exchanges made with street 
railways will be found under the head of Street Railways. 

A Fine Group of Buildings.— Starting at Chestnut Street, the 
'buses pass around City Hall and enter Broad Street again on the 
north side of that magnificent structure. At once a fine group of 
buildings are come upon. On the northeast corner of Broad and 
Filbert streets is the imposing structure known as the Masonic Tei/i- 
//(•,and next to it is the handsome Arch Street Methodist Epis- 
copal Churc/i. On the west side are the equally fine edifices occu- 
pied by the Evangelical Lutheran and Baptists, respectively. 
Above, on the west side, is the quaint but striking building known 
as the Academy of Fi)ic Arts, and opposite the recently completed 

(03) 

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64 IIAXDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Odd F'l' I lows' Temple, one of the most magnificent structures of the 
kind in this country. Between Race and Spring Garden streets are 
several large and striking buildings of a public or semi-public char- 
acter. The first of these is the Gothic edifice of the Hahnemann 
Medical College on the west side of Broad Street, above Race. 
The next structure of interest stands at the northeast corner of 
Broad and Vine streets. It is a stately pile of marble and granite, 
and is the Catholic High School. Beyond, on the southwest corner 
of Callowhill Street, is the attractive armory of the First Regiment. 
Directly opposite, on the north side of Callowhill Street, is a dilapi- 
dated wooden structure extending to 13th Street. This is the orig- 
inal depot of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, and 
while a wretched enough looking affair now, when built, about half 
a century ago, was considered a handsome and commodious railroad 
depot. From Pennsylvania Avenue, along which the tracks of the 
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad run, on the west side, to Spring Gar- 
den Street are the iamon?, Baldiuin Locomoliiw IVorhs, giving out 
deafening sounds from the multitude of steam and hand hammers. 
Spring Garden Street, at the point where it intersects with Broad, is 
an attractive thoroughfare of unusual width. It is lined with neat 
buildings, and through the center extend grass-plats planted with 
trees and dotted with fountains and flower beds. At the northeast 
corner stands the Spring Garden Institute, and on the opposite or 
west side the new Public High .School is in process of erection. Above 
the Spring Garden Institute and extending from Green to Mount 
Vernon streets is a lot in the center of which stands a large, old- 
fashioned, square, plain brick building. This is the E'ovs' Central 
High School and School of Pedagogy — a public institution under 
the control of the Board of Education. At this point we come upon 
another group of fine church edifices, prominent among which, on 
the east side, is the architecturally imique Jewish Tabernacle. 

Shortly after passing this group of churches Fairmount Avenue, 
formerly known as Coates Street, is reached. Here also Ridge 
Avenue, starting at Ninth and Vine streets, a thoroughfare running 
diagonally in a northwest direction, intersects. Between Chestnut 
Street and this point there are little else than public institutions and 
business houses, but, beginning with Fairmount Avenue, residences 
begin to appear, though occasionally a large and interesting public 
or semi-public building is found. At the corner of Fairmount Avenue 
is the Lorraine .Ipartmoit House, a handsome eight-story building. 



A TOUR OF THE CITY. 65 

one of the few structures of the kind in Philadelphia. Across the 
street is the neat edifice known as the Park Theater. The resi- 
dences Avhich are now come upon are at first of the old-fashioned 
type, so much affected in the city half a century ago, of pressed brick, 
with arched doorways, and steps of white marble, but as one pro- 
ceeds northward more modern and palatial homes are met with. 
The first of these is at the southwest corner of Broad and Poplar 
streets. It is a handsome white marble building set well within 
spacious grounds surrounded by fine trees and shrubbery. Here the 
late Charles J. Harrah, who was one of the great street railway 
magnates, lived and dispensed princely hospitality. From Girard 
Avenue to Berks Street there is almost an unbroken succession of 
magnificent and palatial residences, the owners of which represent 
millions upon millions of dollars. Beginning at Girard Avenue on 
the northwest side, we observe a pair of huge brownstone buildings, 
having broad and gracefully sweeping steps leading to the entrances. 
The corner house is the P. A. B. Widener and the other the Wm. L. 
Elkins residence. These gentlemen are widely known from the 
great railway properties they control. On the same side of Broad 
Street, but above Jefferson, is one of the few structures in that 
vicinity not devoted to dwelling purposes. This is the Nc-ia Mer- 
caiitilc Club quarters, and the structure, built of light brick richly 
ornamented, is one of the most striking buildings on North Broad 
Street. Near by on the same side is the beautiful city home of 
William M. Singerley, proprietor of the Record, and nearly opposite 
is the lovely residence of Mr. Hamilton Disston, the head of one of 
the greatest saw manufactories in the country. A lawn adorned by 
a fine fountain adds to the attractiveness of the place. At the north- 
west corner of Broad and Oxford streets is the fine edifice of the 
CoIiDiihia Club. Between Columbia Avenue and Berks Street is the 
('ira)ui Opera House on the west side, and a number of handsome 
churches, conspicuous among which, at the corner of Berks, is the 
TcDiple Baptist Chureh. Opposite is lifoninnent Cemetery, one of 
the prettiest of the many cities of the dead in Philadelphia. Unless 
the visitor has an abundance of time on hand it is not advisable to 
proceed north on Broad Street farther than Berks, for, although there 
are numerous buildings of interest above, the main features have been 
reached and passed. By retracing the steps to Columbia Avenue, if 
the visitor desires it, a car can be taken westward to East Fairmount 
Park. But for those who have already been there, or who wish first 



66 I/AXDV GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

to see more of the city's fine residences, we shall retrace our way by 
the 'bus to Chestnut Street and continue on down South Broad 
Street. 

South Broad Street, from Chestnut to Pine. — Broad Street, south 
of Chestnut, does not contain as many magnificent residences as are 
found on North Broad, nevertheless there are some of great interest 
and beauty. Between Chestnut and Pine by far the greater number 
of buildings are given over to other uses than private residences. 
Between these points are grou^jed some of the finest hotels in the city. 
The Union League Club at one corner of Sansom Street; the Art Club 
l:)uilding, 220 South Broad Street; the Academy of Music, Broad and 
Locust streets; the Broad Street Theater opposite, and several 
churches, go toward making up a series of architecturally handsome 
structures in this locality. While most of the edifices between Chest- 
nut and Pine streets are, as first remarked, mainly for other purposes 
than for private families, there is a notable exception at the northeast 
corner of Broad and Walnut streets. This is the property t)f the late 
Mrs. J. Dundas Lippincott. The elegant homestead fronts on Walnut 
Street and the grounds extend clear to Sansom Street. It is unfortu- 
nate that a high brick wall shuts out the view of the well-kept grounds, 
but a few trees, rising above it, hint at the beauty hidden there. Three 
of these trees have a national reputation. One, at the north end of the 
grounds, is a fine vSouthern magnolia, almost the only large specimen 
of this tropical tree north of the Mason and Dixon's line; on the west 
side of the house and overhanging the sidewalk is a hawthorne tree, 
the largest specimen in America; on the east side is a huge elm, the 
liranches of which reach nearly across Walnut Street, and all three 
have interesting histories. Few of the residences south of Pine have, 
like .so many on North Broad Street, surrounding lawns. One of the 
notable exceptions is the fine new brownstone residence of Ex-Mayor 
.Stuart,. 153S South Broad Street. Here there is a fine side lawn. 
Among the notable houses in this section of the city is that of John 
(i. Johnson, 504 South Broad Street, who owns a fine collection of 
jiaintings; and Mr. Dailey's residence, 510 South Broad Street, for- 
merly the home of Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore. Opposite is the 
mansion of ]\Ir. E. »S. Willing. The 'buses run as far south as Jackson 
Street, to tlic entrance of the Methodist Hospital, the buildings of 
which are among the handsomest of the kind in the city. 

West Walnut Street and Vicinity. — It has been jokingly said of 
Philadelphia, that all those with newly acquired riches have their 



A TOCR OF THE CITY. 67 

fine residences on North Broad Street and the thoroughfares running 
parallel with or at right angles to it, while all the old-time wealth}' 
families congregated on AVcst Walnut Street and vicinity. While this 
is not altogether true, it is certain that a large number of those with 
well-filled purses, who date their ancestry long before Colonial times, 
do live west of Broad Street between Arch and Pine, though quite as 
many more are to be found scattered all over the southeastern part of 
Philadelphia, some of the residences even being suiTounded by slum 
districts. There are some of the very old-timers who cling to the old 
homes in which their fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers 
were born, lived, and died, despite the unsavory environments which 
appeared in later years. 

In making a tour of what may be termed West Walnut Street and 
vicinity, the visitor had better start afoot on Chestnut Street in a 
westerly direction. For the first square or two, stores and dwell- 
ings are foiuid intermingled, the former predominating. At the 
corner of 19th and Chestnut streets is the first striking residence, a 
large, square, white marble building, with extensive side and front 
lawn. This is the home of Mrs. Jayne, widow of the late Dr. David 
Jane, whose "Expectorant" is so widely famous. Close beside is 
the house occupied by the late Marcellus McDowell, at one time a 
great tobacco man. It is one of the most striking places on West 
Chestnut Street. At one corner of Aspen, between 21st and 22d 
streets, is the quaint and beautiful First Unitarian C/iurc/i, of 
which the much-beloved and venerable Rev. Doctor Furness is 
pastor emeritus, and on the other corner is the handsome Second 
Refoniu'd Church, having Bishop Nicholson in charge. Nearly 
opposite IS the RittcuJiousc Hotel formerly the Rittenhouse Apart- 
ments. Close by is the Church of the A' eta Jerusalem, one of the 
finest church edifices in the city. 

Passing down 22d Street to Walnut, the northwest corner is 
occupied by the Church of St. fames. Diagonally across, at the 
southeast corner, is a fine, large, white marble pile. It was here 
that the late George W. Childs lived and died. The residences 
m this section of Walnut Street are mostly large and elegant brown- 
stone structures, all pretty much alike and occupied by some of 
Philadelphia's most exclusive members of society. At 19th and 
Walnut is the Wil stack House, wherein for many years was the 
superb collection of paintings which have now become the property 
of the city through the will of Mrs. Wilstach. Opposite this house 



68 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

is the ChurcJi of tltc Holy Trin/ty, the most fashionable church in 
Philadelphia. This brings the visitor to Rittenhouse Square, which 
is described elsewhere, except as to a finely-executed bronze group 
of the Lion and the Serpent, by Barrie, placed in the square by the 
Fairmount Park Art Association, (^n the north side of the square 
is the home of the RittcnJtoiise Club, and the odd but elegant 
house at the corner of iSth is occupied by Col. A. J. Drexel. At the 
corner of 17th Street, on the south side of Walnut, is the home of 
Dr. J. M. De Costa, Philadelphia's greatest physician. To the east, 
on the same side, is the residence of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, the famous 
physician, novelist, and poet, and the man who, in the estimation of 
many, has succeeded to the mantle of the gentle Oliver Wendell 
Holmes. Number 1530 Walnut Street is an elegant brownstone 
house, the home of Ex-Mayor ?"dwin H. Fitler, an extensive rope 
manufacturer. 

West Spruce Street. — Spruce Street west of Broad is inhabited 
almost exchisively by some of the oldest and wealthiest families in 
Philadelphia, but whose names are not widely known except in 
social circles. One of the notable exceptions is Mr. Ferdinand J. 
1 )reer, who lives at 1 520 Spruce Street. Mr. Dreer's collection of auto- 
graphs is famous the country over, and he himself is one of the few 
living persons in Philadelphia who had an acquaintance with any 
distinguished Revolutionary heroes. He was a personal friend of 
Lafayette, and was one of those who received that historic character 
on his visit to this city in 1S26. 

Locust Street. — Locust Street contains a long list of notables, 
most of wliom, however, are grouped al)out Rittenhouse Sqi:are. 
At i<}th Street and Rittenhouse Sqtiare is a large colcmial house, the 
residence of Mrs. John Harrison, and close by is the handsome home 
of Mr. C. C. Harrison, Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, 
wliosc gift of half a million dollars to that institution was recently 
announced. At the south corner of iSth and Locust streets is the 
new residence of Mr. (icorge W. Childs Drexel, the publisher of the 
L.i'(/^i-r. This structure is one of the handsomest in that section, 
and may be considered one of its chief landmarks. Of the whole of 
Ivocust Street the most attractive part is that known as the Harri- 
son Block, which extends from 17th to iSth streets. There is proba- 
bly no other row of houses in Pliiladelphia so unique or handsome, 
or wliich approaches it in appearance. The houses themselves are 
odd and of the kind of architecture affected half a century ago, with 




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.4 rOCR OF THE CI TV. 69 

area gai-dens in front and high steps extending to the doorways. 
But the striking feature is the gardens, or rather the garden, in the 
rear of the bloclc. In the whole square there is not a dividing fence 
or line of any description. It is one pretty park or lawn, with flower 
beds, fountains, shrubbery, and other features to delight the eye. 
Standing on 17th Street the visitor has an unobstructed view over 
this plot to iSth Street. 

East Cliestimt Street. 

A few words concerning Chestnut Street will be found in the last 
part of this chapter relating to a shopping trip, but the stranger will 
naturally have the greatest interest in the public buildings. Many of 
these are on Chestnut Street, but as a large number are located else- 
where it is thought better to group them all together at the end of 
the present chapter, merely giving here a tabulated list of those on 
Chestnut Street or close beside it. 

Ci'/y Hall. — Broad, above Chestnut. 
The Mint. — Chestnut, below Broad, north side. 
Post Office. —Ninth and Chestnut. 
Congress Hall. — Sixth and Chestnut. 

Independence Hall. — Chestnut, between Sixth and Fifth. 
Senate Hall. — Fifth and Chestnut. 

Anier!ca?i Philosophical Society. — Fifth, below Chestnut. 
Custom House. — Chestnut, between Fifth and Fourth. 
Carpente/'s Hall. — Rear of south side of Chestnut, between 
Fourth and Third. 

Stately Buildings. — Philadelphia can boast of its stately build- 
ings, although, on account of its vast area and the more conservative 
character of its citizens, they are much more widely scattered than 
in either New York or Chicago. Thus, at first appearance it would 
seem as though, for a large city, there were few singularly handsome 
structures for commercial purposes. Chestnut, i\larket. Third, and a 
number of other streets, however, can exhibit some splendid s])eci- 
mens of architecture, and year by year many others are being added. 

Lofty Buildings. — The large area given over exclusively to busi- 
ness, and the facilities afforded the people of the city to have 
separate homes of their own, render unnecessary very many build- 
ings of what are known as the "sky-scraping" type. But some of 
these are to be found also. 

Betz Building. — One of the most conspicuous of these is the 
Betz Building, a lofty structure of thirteen stories, on Broad Street, 



70 HANDY GUIDK TO PHII.A DFJ.P F^TA. 

above Chestnut. It was ereeted by John Betz, a wealthy brewer, 
and is occupied almost exclusively by business offices. 

Girard Building. — Adjoining it and fronting on Chestnut Street 
is the Girard Building. It is the property of the Girard Trust Com- 
pany, and its hundreds of rooms are given over to lawyers and busi- 
ness purposes. 

./ /■»/!'■ Li>-oiip. — The finest group of buildings, all things con- 
sidered, is on the north side of Chestnut Street, from Ninth almost to 
Tenth. These are occupied by the Post Office, the Rfcord, the 
Mutual Life, the Penn Mutual, and the City Trust Company. 
Although built at various periods and from the plans of different 
architects, care has been taken in each instance that the last struc- 
ture erected should harmonize with those preceding it. Thus the 
general effect is of one great palatial edifice, with graceful curves and 
bold outlines. 

Banks and Financial Institutions. — Between Tenth and Third 
streets are clustered many of the finest bank, insurance, trust, and 
other financial institutions in the city. Each seems to have endeavored 
to outdo the other in the magnificence of the architectural effects. 
All of these institutions have their names plainly tin the fronts where 
they may be seen at a glance and without inconvenience. Further 
particulars of some of these financial institutions will be found in a 
chapter by itself. 

'/'//(■ Drc.xcl Ihiild/ug. — At the corner of Fifth and Chestnut 
streets stands the Drexel Building, the home of the world-renowned 
banking house of Drexel & Co. It immediately attracts attention by 
its elegant simplicity, combined with its immensity. Although but 
eight stories high, its roof towers far above ordinary ten or twelve 
story structures, and a view from there is inexpressibly grand. The 
utmost confines of Philadelplfia may be .seen, and to the northward 
the hills bounding the beautiful White Marsh Valley. Visitors are 
admitted to the roof of the Drexel Building daily, except Sunday, 
from (j.oo .\. M. until 4.00 r. m. 

<r<>v<'i'iiin<'iit BiiiUliii^'s and Oftioes. 

The Mint.— East on Chestnut Street, a few doors from Broad, 
on the north side, is seen a marble building with a Grecian portico 
standing a little back from the pavement. This is the United 
States Mint, one of the city's great attractions to visitors. The first 
Govei'nment mint in this eoimtry was established in Philadelphia in 



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S. E. Corner 4th and Chestnut Streets, 
PHILADELPHIA. 

59 Wall Street, New York. SO State Street, Boston. 

ALEX. BROWN & SONS, 
Baltimore and Calvert Sts., Baltimore. 

MEMBERS OF THE STOCK EXCHANGES OF 
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND BALTIMORE. 

Buy and Sl-II I'mids and Stocks on Cdinniissinn. 

FIRST-CLf\S8 INVESTMENT SECURITIES ft SFECIftLTY. 

Money Received on Deposit and Interest Allowed. 

Buy and Sell Bills of Exchange 

AND CABLE TRANSFERS OF MONEY 

On Great J>ritain and Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, 

Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, vSweden, 

and Australia. 

Issue Commercial and Travelers' Credits 

IN STERLING, 

Available in any part of the world; in FRANCS, for use in Mar- 
tinique and Guadaloupe, and in Dollars for use in this 
Country, CANADA, MEXICO, the WEST 
INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA. 

Make Collections of Drafts 

Drawn al^road on all ])oints in the United States antl Canada, and 

of Drafts drawn in the United States on 

foreign countries. 



Their London House, Messrs. BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO., re- 

ceive accounts of American Banks, firms, and 

individuals upon favorable terms. 



.-/ TOL'R OF THE CJl'Y. 71 

1792, near Seventh and Market streets, wliieh had for its first direetor 
David Rittenhonse, the famous astronomer. It was moved to its 
present location in 1S33. For many years it was the only mint in the 
countr}'. Visitors are admitted daily, except Sundays, from 9.00 a. m. 
to 12.00 noon, and are escorted, from the door throughout the building, 
free, by conductors provided for the purpose. In making the tour of 
the mint the following route is taken: The dep(ysit room, where the 
gold and bullion is received; the copper-melting room, in which ingots 
for minor coinage are cast; the gold and silver melting room; the roll- 
ing and cutting room; the coining room, where the coins are stamped; 
and, finally, the cal)inet, in which is the finest collection of coins in 
the United States. The mint site, large as it is, has long proved inad- 
equate to the needs of the Government, which has, therefore, pur- 
chased a large tract of land at i 7th and Sjoring Garden streets, where 
a new and very much larger building is to be erected. 

Post Office. — The post office stands at the northwest corner of 
Ninth and Chestnut streets. It is a splendid pile of four stories, l)uilt 
of dressed granite, and is surmounted by a dome reaching one hun- 
dred and seventy feet above the pavement. It extends all the way on 
Ninth Street from Chestnut Street to Market Street, and one hundred 
and seventy-five feet on each of these two last-named thoroughfares. 
Its many entrances are all on Ninth Street, and the different dej^art- 
nients of the ofifice are all located on the first floor. A long corridor 
extends from near Chestnut to near Market, and at each end are 
broad stairways and elevators reaching to the upper floors. The 
edifice cost the Government $S, 000, 000. In addition to the building 
at Ninth and Chestnut streets there are many sub-postal and receiv- 
ing stations located in different parts of the city, as the exigencies 
of business demand. 

United States Courts. — The Circuit Court of Appeals, the Circuit 
Court, the District Court, and the United States Commissioners, with 
powers of commitment for offenses against the United States laws, 
are located in the post-office building. 

Coast and Geological Survey.— These Government deijartments 
are also located in the post-office building, at Ninth and Chestnut 
streets, as are also the Lighthouse Board and the Internal Revenue 
office. 

Signal Service. — At the top of the post office, and occupying the 
dome and part of the roof, is the Signal Service Bureau, a favorite 
resort for inquiry on u hot day. 



72 IIAXDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Custom House. — On the south side of Chestnut Street, between 
Fifth and Fourth, is a strikingly handsome white marble building, 
approached by a long flight of steps. This is the United States 
Custom House. The structure, which was completed in 1824, is 
modeled after the Parthenon at Athens, and is regarded by connois- 
seurs as a fine specimen of Doric architecture. 

United States Treasury. — The Custom House officials occupy 
only the Chestnut Street front of this structure. That part which 
fronts on Library Street is taken up by the United States Treasury 
and vSub-Treasury departments. 

Frankford Arsenal. — From the Custom House the visitors should 
visit the Frankford Arsenal, situated upon Tacony Road and Bridge 
Street. Here are a number of buildings devoted to many military 
purjjoses. Blank and ball cartridges, rifles, carbines, and pistols are 
manufactured, along with other implements of warfare, including 
ordnance occasionally. The grounds contain many curiosities, 
including trophies taken at various times from France and England. 
The arsenal was established in 1816. To reach the Frankford 
Arsenal take the Third Street cars, Bridesburg branch. 

Schuylkill Arsenal. — The Government has a second arsenal in 
Philadelphia, which is called the Schulykill Arsenal. This is situ- 
ated at Gray's Ferry Road, and is reached liy taking the Pine Street 
cars. Four buildings occupy the eight acres which constitute the 
property, and here are made imiforms, bedding, tents, etc., which 
are used by the army and navy. Among the interesting exhibits in 
one of the buildings is a collection of wax figures clothed in the vari- 
ous uniforms used from colonial times to to-day. This arsenal was 
established in 1800. 

Naval Asylum. — On the Gray's FeiTy Road, at the corner of Bain- 
l)ridge Street and extending to Sutherland Avenue and the Schuyl- 
kill River, is the United States Naval Asyknn, established in 1826. 
Twenty-five acres or more surround the handsome edifices devoted 
to the housing of old sailors. The main edifice is three stories high, and 
is built of white marble, and has accommodations for 300 or more per- 
sons. Other buildings are occupied by the governor of the asylum, 
the surgeon, and various officials. Among the curiosities shown are 
two small brass cannon, said to have been eajitured by Commodore 
Charles Stewart, of the frigate Constitution, in an engagement with 
the British ship Levant, February 25, 1815. The cannon were cast 
in 1756. 



A TOUR OF THE CITY. 73 

Navy Yard. — In 1876 the United States removed its Philadelphia 
navy yard to League Island, wh'ich lies in the Delaware, just off the 
mouth of the Schuylkill, and is about seven miles from Broad and 
Chestnut streets. To reach it the visitor should take the Broad 
Street omnibus south as far as it goes. At this point other 'buses 
running at regular intervals to League Island are found. The island 
is about two miles long and a quarter of a mile wide, and contains 
nearly a thousand acres. In the harbor of the back channel are 
moored a large number of vessels of the Civil War, and other war 
ships out of commission. LTpon the island are a number of large 
buildings occupied for various purposes, and the whole place is 
exceedingly interesting to visit. 

City Biiildingrs and Offices. 

City Hall. — Undoubtedly the most magnificent building in Phila- 
delphia is City Hall, a structure begun in 1S71 and not yet completed. 
It has already cost, including the furnishing, some $iS,ooo,ooo, and 
it is thought several more million dollars will be expended before it 
leaves the hands of the Building Commissioners. The tower which 
stands at the north extremity of the building is 550 feet high, and, 
excepting the Washington Monument, is the highest building in the 
world, overtopping the tallest spire of Cologne Cathedral by 37 feet 
2i% inches. The City Hall occupies what in the early days of Phila- 
delphia was known as Center Square, and later as Penn Square. 
Here was situated the first water works, and when excavations were 
being made for the foundations many of the old wooden water mains 
originally laid were dug up. Intersecting Broad and Market streets, 
this great pile of marble and granite, surmounted by its lofty tower 
with its statue of William Penn for a finish, is one of the fir.st strik- 
ing objects to visitors arriving either by the Pennsylvania or Read- 
ing railroad lines. It is built in the form of a hollow square with 
passageways connecting both Bi'oad and Market streets. It is four 
stories high in theory, but actually has eight floors, each of which 
contain a multitude of rooms of more than ordinary loftiness. 
Besides, there are center and corner pavilions with attic stories, and 
occupied by octagonal staircases. These staircases are among the 
wonders of the country, being of polished granite, and what are 
popularly known as "hanging" staircases, that is, projecting from 
the side walls and having no outside support. There are nearly 
eight hundred rooms in the building, which are occupied as rapidly as 



74 I/AXDY GUIDE JO PHILADELPHIA. 

they are completed by the various city offices. Ah-eadj- the mayor. 
State court and county courts, tax, treasurer, water, survey, and 
other important bureaus and departments are lodged in City Hall. 
Notwithstanding that there are so many rooms, and that the build- 
ing is so immense, it is comparatively an easy matter to find a desig- 
nated number, from the fact that to each floor an even one hundred 
numbers have been assigned, commencing at the north or tower side 
and following around the building to the east, south, and west fronts, 
returning to the north entrance. As added simplicity, twenty-five 
numbers have been assigned to each quarter of the building, and 
those rooms facing the street are given the even numbers, and those 
fronting the courtyard the odd. Elevators are running constantly 
during the week from the ground to the top floor, and until night- 
fall visitors have the free run of the roof, from which is a magnifi- 
cent view of the city. After night no one is allowed on this portion 
of the structure. As it is yet incomplete visitors are not allowed to 
ascend the great tower without a special permit from the Building 
Commissioners. At the time of writing (1895) it would be useless to 
designate the rooms occupied by departments or bureaus, because 
many of them are at present only temporarily located. It is the 
intention to ornament the great sidewalk surrounding the City Hall 
with statues of heroes of the late war. At present only two of these 
mementos are in place. One stands at the north entrance and is an 
equestrian statue of General Reynolds, who fell at Gettysburg. The 
other is a statue of the same character of General ^leade. It is placed 
at the northwest corner of the building. 

Prisons. 

Eastern Penitentiary. — The l*>astern Penitentiary is a State in- 
stitution, and occupies a lot of nearly eleven acres on Fairmount 
Avenue, between Corinthian Avenue, 22(1 Street, and Hrown Street. 
It is of the Castellated style of architecture, and is used for the 
confinement of those convicted of the more serious grades of crime 
in Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. The prison proper 
consists of a central building, from which the corridors radiate as 
from the spokes of a wheel. By an arrangement of mirrors, the 
entire length of every corridor can be seen by the watcher in the 
center. Theoreticallv only one prisoner occupies a cell during his 
incarceration, and his identity is rigidly kept from his fellow 
prisoners and casual visitors. When brought into the presence 



A TOUR OF THE CITY. 75 

of each other or of visitors, the prisoner wears a mask and is known 
by number only. The solitary-confinement principle of this peni- 
tentiary was severely criticised by Charles Dickens in his " American 
Notes," through being imposed upon by sundry prisoners with 
whom he held converse; one in particular, who afterward became 
known as '• Dickens' Dutchman," hoodwinking him entirely, and 
arousing an undeserved commiseration. The prisoners are taught 
useful handicrafts, and have the use of a library containing nearly 
10,000 volumes. Persons are permitted to visit this institution by 
ticket obtainable from the inspectors, the names and addresses of 
whom may be obtained from the city director}-. The Fairmount 
Avenue branch of the People's Traction Lines pass the entrance of 
the prison. 

County Prison. — The County Prison, or Moyamensing Prison as 
it is otherwise called, is on Passyunk Avenue, near loth Street, just 
below Reed, in the southern part of the city. It is a huge, square 
building of the Tudor style of Engli.sh castle architecture. To visit 
this prison, take the loth Street cars. Permits may be obtained 
from the mayor's oiifice. 

House of Refuge. — The institution known as the House of 
Refuge, for the reformation of unruly bovs and girls, lias two 
locations, one on a lot extending from Parrish to Poplar streets, and 
from 22d to 23d streets; and the other at Glenn Mills, on one of the 
branches of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The first is occupied by 
girls, and the second by boys. In the Glenn Mills institution the 
cottage plan is in vogue, with excellent results. A card from any of 
the managers will admit visitors. 

House of Correction. — The House of Correction is on the line of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad, on the banks of the Pennypack Creek at 
its junction with the Delaware River. The tract of land on which 
the institution stands occupies between two and three hundred 
acres. The prison or workhouse consists of a main building, in 
which keepers and officials reside, and a number of extensive wings 
for the prisoners. The place is for the reception of vagabonds, 
drunkards, and persons guilty of slight offenses. Admission tickets 
may be had from any of the managers. 

New County Prison. — The New County Prison is almost directly 
opposite the House of Correction, and is now in course of erection. 
It is more than doul)le the size of Moyamensing Prison and is being 
constructed to hold in the neighborhood of two thousand prisoners. 
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76 HANDY GUIDE TO DHILA DELPHI A. 

The Morgue. — That grewsome institution, the Morgnc, to which 
are taken the dead bodies of unknown persons found in the rivers or 
streets, is at 1307 Wood Street. 

Almshouse. — The Almshouse, generally called Blockley from the 
original name of the township in which it is situated, is on the west 
side of the Schuylkill River, south of the Darby Road or Woodland 
Avenue. The PhiladeljDhia Hospital, which is connected with the 
establishment, is the oldest in the United States, it having been 
founded in 1732. The average daily population of the Almshouse is 
about 4,000. Visitors are admitted by ticket from any member of the 
Board of Charities. 

The Lazaretto, or Quarantine Station, is on Tinicum Island, 
near the mouth of the Darby Creek, in the Delaware River. The 
Lazaretto is under the control of the Board of Health, and its 
officials examine all incoming vessels concerning the health of the 
passengers and crews and the sanitary condition of the vessels before 
permitting them to pass into port. The Government and State also 
have partial control of the station. 

Public Schools. 

The public schools of Philadelphia are under the control of a 
Board of Education appointed by the judges of the courts, and by 
Ward School Boards elected by the people. The schools are graded 
into Sub-primary, Primary, Secondary, Grammar, High, and Normal 
Schools. The Primary, Secondary, and Grammar grades are each 
subdivided into four grades, the highest called the Twelfth Grade. 
Occasionally these are subdivided into A and B classes. 

Central High School. — The Central High School for boys is at 
Broad and Green streets. It is a large, plain, brick building. The 
course of instruction embraces those branches best calculated to fit 
the graduate for the practical duties of life. A new and handsome 
building is being erected directly opposite the present structure. 

Girls' Normal School and High School. — These two institutions 
are for the purpose of ecluealing girls to be teachers and fitting them 
for business careers. One structure is at 17th and Spring Garden 
streets, and the other at 13th and Spring Garden streets. 

Historic liiiildiii^s. 

Probably no city in the Union possesses so many buildings of 
historic interest as Philadelphia. One of tlie oldest municipalities 



.4 TOUR OF THE CITY. 77 

in America, it was i'or ^•L■a^s the seat of the National (Tovern- 
ment, and many of the old edifices in use l)y it, and hy famous 
patriots of Colonial times, are still carefully preserved. Chief among 
these is 

Independence Hall. — There is undoubtedly no building in the 
United States better known or more venerated than Independence 
Hall, with its sacred memories. It stands in the center of the Chest- 
nut Street front of Independence Square, between Fifth and Sixth 
streets. It is flanked on either side by long, low, brick structures lead- 
ing to the ancient Congress Hall, at the corner of Sixth Street, and the 
old Supreme Court House, at the corner of Fifth. The venerable 
and hallowed structure is surmounted by a wooden cupola containing 
a clock, and from the balcony beneath the dials a splendid view of 
the city is obtainable. The east room on the first floor was occupied 
by the vSecond Continental Congress, by whose act the Declaration 
of Independence became a reality, and here many other stirring 
events leading to the freedom of the nation had their being. In this 
room, which is kept as nearljr as possible in its original aiopearancc, 
are the tables and chairs used at the time of the signing of the Dec- 
laration of Independence. Original or faithful copies of pictures of 
the signers hang upon the walls, and, in the same room in front 
of the spot where Congress sat, that sacred emblem of liberty. 

The Liberty Bell is displayed in a case of glass and quartered 
oak. As vandals had attacked the metal, this inclosure in a case 
became necessary, so that the great privilege which used to be 
accorded of touching the sacred relic is now denied the public. 

The bell was cast in London, and received in this country about 
the end of August, 1752. When it arrived it was found to be 
cracked, and it was re-cast in Philadelphia in April, 1753. The work 
was unsatisfactory and it again went into the melting-pot, from 
which it emerged a satisfactory bell and was placed in the steeple in 
June, 1753. It bore the same inscriptions which were cast in the 
original, and on the Sth of July, 1776, it did indeed " Proclaim lilierty 
throughout the Land. " When the Piritish approached Philadelphia, in 
1777, the bell was taken down and carried to Bethlehem for safe-keep- 
ing, and returned after the evacuation. After sounding its joyous 
notes in proclaiming liberty the old bell was uw\\ used on very par- 
ticular occasions. It was rung in honor of the news of the emancipa- 
tion of the Catholics by Parliament in 1S2S, and on the 22d of Feb- 
ruary, I S32, in honor of the centennial of the birth of Washington, 



78 HANDY GUIDE 7V PHJ LADELPIIIA . 

While being tolled on the morning of July S, 1S35, in memory of 
Chief Justice ^Marshall, who had died two days before, the old relic 
suddenly cracked; and its tongue became forever silent on Washing- 
ton's Birthday, 1843, after a few notes had been struck. 

National Museum. — The western room of independence Hall 
was formerly occupied by the Judicial Court of the Colony of Penn- 
sylvania. It is now used as a National Museum. In it is a rich col- 
lection of relics and curiosities connected with early Colonial and 
Revolutionary history. Among the most valuable of these are the 
original charter of the city of Philadelphia signed by William Penn, 
and the great seal of the State, and portraits of King William, 
Queens IMary and Anne, as well as of the first three Georges. 

Sons of the Revolution Rooms. — Until quite recently the second 
story of Independence Hall was occupied by the common and select 
branches of city councils, but, on the removal of the.se bodies to City 
Hall, the custody of the rooms was turned over to the Sons of the 
Revolution, an organization composed of the male descendants of 
soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The purpose of this organization 
is to establish a museum of Revolutionary relics in these rooms. 
Admission to all parts of Independence Hall is free, daily, from g.oo 
A. M. until 3.00 I'. M. 

Congress Hall. — Second only to Independence Hall in historic 
interest and association is Congress Hall, at the southwest corner of 
Sixth and Chestnut streets. The site of this building, before the Revo- 
lution, was occupied by a wooden shed, in which were given shelter 
to the deputations of Indians that frequently visited the city. The 
present building was completed in 1790, and between that date and 
iSoo it was occupied by the Congress of the Nation. Here Washington 
was inaugurated President, in 1793, for a second term, and John Adams 
as Vice-President; and here Adams took the oath as President in 
i7()7, and JetTer.son as Vice-President. The building was originally 
erected as a court house, and, after its abandonment in 1800 by Con- 
gress, was put to its original purpose. Until recently, it was occupied 
by the Court of Common Pleas and by the Court of Quarter Sessions, 
this latter place, on account of the many murder trials heard there, 
becoming locally known as "The Slaughter House." 

Supreme Court House. — The old Supreme Court House stands at 
the eastern end of the Chestnut Street front of Independence Square, 
and was built in 171)1. Here was located the Supreme Court of the 
United Slates while the Federal Government was in Philadelphia, 



A TO UK OF THE CITY, 79 

here also were the new United States Circuit and the United States 
District courts, and among the great judges who held sway were 
Justices John Jay, Oliver Ellsworth, and Judges Francis Hopkinson, 
William I>e\vis, and Richard Peters. 

Betsy Ross House. — On Arch Street near Third is an ancient 
little store and dwelling in which, under the deft fingers of a 
woman, Betsy Ross, the Anuricait P'lag had its inception and birth. 
Betsy was in her maiden daj-s a Griscom, and Clement A. Griscom, 
the president of the International Steamship Companj', is her great- 
great nephew. John Ross, Betsy's husband, was the son of an Epis- 
copal clergyman of New Castle, Delaware. He died in January, 1776, 
from injuries received while guarding certain military stores. Prior to 
this event he conducted an upholstery store in his dwelling on Arch 
Street, and on his death the plucky little widow determined to carry on 
the business herself. Here came the famous committee with General 
Washington, who had hurriedly left his army and came to Philadel- 
phia late in May, 1776, and arranged with Betsy Ross to make a 
sample flag, with an emblazonment of thirteen stars, displacing the 
British Union, which with the thirteen stripes, had formed the 
"Grand Union Flag," that had only first been displayed at Cam- 
bridge on January 15th, upon Washington taking command of the 
army. The flag was made and displayed, and was adopted with 
acclamation as the National emblem, though the patriotic little 
woman had to bear for some time the jeers and taunts of her neigh- 
bors, and be called a "little rebel" for her loving work, and tantalized 
with threats of being hung by the English for what she did. At the 
time she made the flag Betsy Ross was twenty-four years old, and is 
descril)ed as having "bright, winning eyes, which sparkled with 
expression and intelligence, and goodness seemed to breathe in 
every lineament of her beautiful countenance." 

Historic Buildings not owned by the City. 

Chew House. — One of the particularly interesting points for 
visitors is the Chew House, in Germantown. In this edifice the 
British made their desperate stand, which finally turned the tide 
of the Battle of Germantown, on October 4, 1777, in their favor. 
Until this point was reached, the Continental arni}^ had driven the 
British before it ; but once lodged in the stanch old colonial 
mansion, neither the army nor its cannon could dislodge them, 
and the Americans were held in check from early in the morning 



80 NAjVDV GCIDE to PHILADELPHIA. 

until late in the afternoon, when re-enforcements of the British 
came from the cit\- and gained the day. The marks of the cannon 
balls on the old house are still plainly visible, and the mutilated 
marlile statuary still stands on the lawn. The cars of Germantown 
branch of the People's Traction Company pass the old Chew Man- 
sion, occupied by descendants of the famil}^ which owned the place 
m those stirring days. 

Carpenters' Hall. — Carpenters" Hall is looked upon by many with 
nearly the same amount of veneration they accord to Independence 
Hall. The venerable structure is at the head of a court running 
south from Chestnut Street, between Third and Fourth. It is a 
brick structure, with steps leading to it, and surmounted by a little 
cupola. Within the walls of this building assembled the first Con- 
tinental Congress, on September 5, 1774. Among its members were 
Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and Peyton 
Randolph. From this Congress emanated the resolutions and 
measures which led to the existence of the present national govern- 
ment. Here that liberty was conceived that had its birth in Inde- 
pendence Hall. The building was erected in 1724, by the Carpen- 
ters' Company, a society of cari)cntcrs and architects. After the 
vacation of the building by the lirst Congress, the place was 
occupied at different times by various bodies representing the 
Province of Pennsylvania. During the Revolution it was used as a 
hospital for sick American soldiers, and it was also occupied at 
various times by the Philadelphia Library, the land office of 
the United States, and the Bank of Pennsylvania. It is open to 
visitors. 

House of the Declaration of Independence. — On the west side of 
Seventh Street, next to the building on tlie corner of i\Iarket, is an 
ancient house occupied as an oyster saloon. In this building, it is 
claimed, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. 
There is a difference of opinion, however, in regard to this, and a large 
number of historians claim that the hf)use in which the important 
document was written stood on the corner next to the one for which 
the other historians claim the honor. 

Free Quaker Meeting House.— The Free Quaker Meeting House 
stands at the southwest corner of Fifth and Arch streets, and is now 
occupied by the Apprentices' Library Company. The original mem- 
bers of this body were known as " Fighting Quakers," because, dur- 
ing the Revolutionary War, they abandoned their principles of peace 



A 7^0 UR OF THE CITY. 81 

to fight for American liberty. At the north end of the house is a 
tablet on which is the following inscription: 

" By General Subscription 

For the Free Quakers 

Erected A. D. 17S3 

of the empire 8." 

Franklin's Burial Place. — I'r. Benjamin Franklin, patriot, phi- 
losopher, printer, and statesman, died in Philadelphia in 1790. He 
was buried in Christ Church burying ground, at Arch and Fifth streets, 
across from the Free Quaker Meeting House. A portion of the wall 
surrounding the yard was torn away, and railed in by subscription in 
September, 1S5S, to enable passers-by to see the tombstones of the 
famous man and his wife. 

Business Men's Organizations, Etc. 

The Bourse. — A few years ago a large class of the business men 
of Philadelphia felt the need for a great central building in which their 
common affairs could be best transacted. The Bourse was the prac- 
tical outcome of this feeling. A site was purchased between Fourth 
and Fifth streets, and Chestnut and Market, and a splendid building 
contracted for, which is now in course of construction and nearly 
completed. It is an ornate structure of steel frame, fireproof con- 
struction, 350 feet in length, ten stories high, and to cost in the neigh- 
borhood of $1,500,000. On the ground floor the great hall of the 
Bourse is to be located. Here the market reports of the world will 
be received, and perfect facilities afforded for obtaining information 
of value to bankers. News rooms, reading and lounging rooms are 
to be located in the galleries, and will partake of all the comforts and 
elegancies of a club. About four hundred rooms are provided for in 
the Bourse building to be used as offices, and a large restaurant, bar- 
ber shop, and other conveniences for creature comforts are to be 
located in the basement. The building when completed, it is said, 
will be one of the handsomest and most complete structures of the 
kind in the world. 

Trades' League. — The Trades' League is an organization of busi- 
ness men devoted to furthering the best business interests of Phila- 
delphia. It is one of the most alert and aggressive bodies of the kind 
in the country, and although but four years old has already accom- 
plished avast amount of good in defeating bad legislation, and in 



B'-i HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

furthering good measures before councils and the legislature. The 
League publishes annually a large and handsomely illustrated, cloth- 
bound book, treating of matters of interest to the city. This organ- 
ization, which is located at 421 Chestnut Street, will be found of great 
benefit to visiting business men. 

Board of Trade. — The Philadelphia Board of Trade was organ- 
ized about 1832. It is one of the leading factors in the progress of 
the business interests of the city. In the National Board of Trade 
this organization wields a powerful influence. Its present president, 
Frederick Fraley, a nonagenarian, is the only surviving member of 
the original list at the time of incorporation in 1S3S. The Board of 
Trade rooms are in the Drexel Building, and is a special point of 
interest to out-of-town business men. 

Commercial Exchange. — The chief object of the Commercial 
Exchange is the furtherance and development of the trade and com- 
merce of the port, but it also lends strong influence in aid of nearly 
all movements of general interest to the citizens at large. It has 
commodious quarters at 133 South Second Street, the site of which has 
great historical interest from the fact that it was once occupied by the 
residence of William Penn. The Commercial Exchange was origi- 
nally organized under the name of Corn Exchange. 

Maritime Exchange. — The object of the Maritime Exchange, on 
Second Street, between Walnut and Chestniit, is, as its name im- 
plies, to acquire, preserve, and disseminate all maritime and other 
business information, and to promote and encourage the trade and 
commerce of the i)ort of Philadelphia. It has established and main- 
tained stations on the Delaware breakwater, 103 miles from the city; 
New Castle, Del., 33 miles, and Thurlow, Pa., 17 miles below Phila- 
delphia. At these stations watch is maintained night and day, for 
incoming and outgoing ves.sels, and information is immediately tele- 
graphed over lines maintained by the organization. 

Builders' Exchange. — In 1886 The Master Builders' Exchange 
was organized, at the suggestion of the Master Plasterers' Association, 
and soon after an ornate structure for the use of the new and impor- 
tant body was erected on Seventh Street above Chestnut. Within 
the building are located The Lumbermen's Exchange, and the meet- 
ing places of The Stonecutters' A.s.sociation; The Bricklayers' 
Company; The Master Carpenters; The Builders' Company; The Mas- 
ter Plasterers' Association; Planing Mill Association; Master Painters' 
Association, and Metal Roofers' Association. In addition there is a 




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INDEPENDENCE HALL -Ci,.btn.,t i. t... , ,, f- 'th and Sixth Strc, • 



I 



NATIONAL 

Banp^op the I^epublig 



PHILADELPHIA. 




313 CHESTNUT STREET. 



DIRECTORS. 

WILLIAM H. RHAWN. 
President. 

WILLIAM HACKER, 
Coal & Canal Cos., P. R. R. 

WILLIAM B. BEMENT, 
Bement, Miles & Co. 

JAMES M. EARLE, 
James S. Earle & Sons. 

HENRY W. SHARPLESS, 
Sharplcss Brothers. 

EDWARD K. BISPHAM, 
Samuel Bispham & Sons. 

HENRY T. MASON, 
Glue, Curled Hair, etc. 

CHARLES J. FIELD, 

Hardware. 

EDWARD H. WILSON, 
E. H. Wilson & Co. 

WILLIAM H. SCOTT, 
Allen, Lane & Scott. 

CHAS. E. PANCOAST, 
Attorney-at-Law. 

JOSEPH P. MUMFORD, 

Casliier. 

solicitor, 
Chas. E. Pancoast. 

NOT.XRV, 

Alonzo p. Rutherford. 



PRESIDENT 

WILLIAM H. RHAWN 

CASIllKk 

JOSEPH P. MUMFORD 



CAPITAL, $500,000 
SURPLUS, $300,000 



A TOUR OF THE CITY. 83 

Mechanical Trades Scln)ol, mider the direction of the Builders' 
P'xchang'c, for the instruction of young men in anv bi-anch of the 
trade they may select, and a permanent exhibition. This last is well 
worth a visit, for here is arranged and classified exhibits of all kinds 
of materials and devices which are employed in the construction 
of a building. Admission is free, daily, from S.oo a. m. to 5.00 r. m., 
except legal holidays and Sundays. In connection with this organ- 
ization it may not be out of place to state that the number of two and 
three story buildings erected in this city, since the organization of the 
Builders' Exchange to the present year, 1S95, is nearly 51,000; and 
that in the five years ending in 1891, the number erected exceeded 
those built in New York by 24,173; and 5,162 more than New York, 
Boston, and Baltimore combined, and 4,062 more than New York 
and Brooklyn combined. 

Banks and Banking Institutions. 

PhiladeliDhia has more than eighty National banks and other 
banking institutions, having a combined capital of $53,539,729, which 
declare annual dividends amounting to over $2,250,000. Of these 
institutions forty-four are National banks. 

Almost without exception these institutions occupy magnificent 
edifices, the equal of which in architectural finish and interior 
embellishment would be hard to find anywhere on the continent. 

Bank of North America. — Philadelphia has the distinction of 
possessing, in the Bank of North America, the oldest institution of 
the kind in America. It was founded in 17S1 by that eminent 
financier and patriot, Robert Morris, the organizer of the Pennsyl- 
vania Bank, the first public bank of the United States. Immediately 
on the close of the Revolution, the Bank of North America became 
the financial agent of the American Government. The splendid 
building on Chestnut Street, near Third, which it now occupies, is 
almost upon the site of its original home. 

The Philadelphia National Bank.— The Philadelphia National 
Bank, 421 Chestnut Street, having been established in 1S03, is the 
next oldest institution of the kind in the city. ^Vhile not occupying 
quite as showy a building as some others, it is still substantial and 
attractive, and its offices probably are the finest and most complete 
in their appointments of any in the city. 

National Bank of the Republic. — Few visitors will pass this insti- 
tution, 313 Chestnut Street, without being attracted by the imique 



84 HAKDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

architecture of the building. The prevailing color is red, it being 
built of redstone, terra cotta, and Philadelphia pressed brick, with a 
steep roof of red slate. The usual central doorway is discarded, antl 
entrance is had to the building at the side through a large vestibide, 
to the right of which is a room assigned to those having business 
wnth the bank. Tlie interior finish is as unicpie and ornamental as 
the exterior, and the furnishing is rich in the extreme. In keeping 
with the outside, tlie prevailing color is red. The exposed beams and 
corbels are of cherry, and the counters, desks, and partitions of light 
mahogany. The National Bank of the Republic was organized 
December 5, 1S65, and its policy steadily has been the selection of 
active business men in its board (jf directors. 

Union Trust Company. — Among the Trust companies, the Union 
Trust Company, probably, is housed in one of the most, if not the 
most, ornate building. It occupies 715, 717, and 719 Chestnut Street. 
The front is of Maine granite and Indiana limestone, with massive 
grilled arches, great circular windows, and all the stone work is lav- 
ishly adorned with sculptured figures. 

City Trust, Safe Deposit & Surety Company. — Not far behind 
the Union Trust Company, in the elegance of its home, is the 
City Trust, Safe Deposit & .Surety Company, located at 927 Chestnut 
Street. It forms one of the remarkable group already mentioned in 
the locality above Ninth Street. 

InsuraiK'c C<>iiii)anios. 

General Remarks. — Keeping pace with the rapid growth of the 
city, insurance companies and their branches are located throughout 
its length and breadth in astonishing numbers. 

Philadelphia Contributorship. — As with l)anks, I'liiladclphia has 
the honor of possessing the oldest fire insurance company in America. 
This is the Philadelphia Contributorshiji, which occupies a four-story 
brick building on South Foiu'th Street, below Walnut. It was incor- 
porated March 25, 1752, and through all the years which have 
passed has steadily maintained an imblemished reputation. The 
organization is popularly known as the Hand in Hand, and deals in 
perpetual real estate insurance only. 

The Penn Mutual. — One of tlie handsomest Ijuildings devoted 
to insurance matters is occu])ied l)y tlie Penn Mutual, in one of the 
remarkably ornate row of edifices on Cliestnut vStreet, between Ninth 
and Tenth, already mentioned as the finest in the city. It carries on a 




THE . 



W' tat),, a 



lliiiOQTrusl 

COMPANY. 

'^ * * 

715-717-719 

Chestnut St. 

PHILADELPHIA. 

is * * 

CAPITAL, 

$1,000,000. 



Executes trusts of all kinds at moderate charjj;es. Pays three 
per cent interest on Saving Fund and time deposits, and two per 
cent on check. Rents boxes in safe-deposit vaults at lowest rates. 



OFFICERS: 

J. SIMPSON AFRICA, Pres. D. HOWARD FOOTE, Treas. and Sec. 

THOMAS R. PATTON, l/ice-Pres. PERCY B. METZGER, Trust Officer. 



directors: 

J. Sim])Scin Alrii-a. Charles A. La.ut'ii. 

ICciward Bailey. (HaiTisl)urK) ]ohn 1'. ^McGrath. 
Georg-e A. Fletcher. Jolin T. Monroe. 

Thomas G. Hood. Alfred Moore. 

Joseph 1. Keefe. Harry W. Moore. 



Tliumas R. Patton. 
Kilward L. Perkins. 
William C. Stoever. 
J. Wesley Supplee. 



.4 TOUR OF THE Cll^Y. 85 

large but conservative business in life insurance. Since its incorpora- 
tion by the State, in 1847, it has issued in the aggregate more than 
96,000 policies, to an amount considerably over $270,000,000. 

Mutual Life. - This company, which is a branch of the famous 
New York concern, owns and occupies a stately edifice on the north- 
west corner of loth and Chestnut streets. It is built of dressed gran- 
ite and is eight stories high. Among the many noted occupants of 
this building is the Philadelphia branch of the United Press Associa- 
tion, which furnishes the outside news for the principal New York 
and Philadelphia journals. 

CoinuH'icial and Geiioral Business Places. 

Cramp's Ship Yard. — Philadelphia has since its foundation held 
the first place in this country in ship building, and it was the excel- 
lence of her vessels which led, in 1830, to the Briti.sh authorities insist- 
ing that their merchants should build their ships in England, because 
some had purchased Philadelphia-constructed ones. In Philadelphia 
also was built the first steamboat, the invention of John Fitch, and 
this boat in 1 790 ran regularly between the City of Brotherly Love and 
Trenton. In 1830 was founded, by William Cramp, the present colossal 
ship yards that are known all over the world for the superior charac- 
ter of the vessels built. The yards are at Beach and Palmer streets, 
and the yard office at Beach and Ball streets. In these yards the 
finest vessels of our new navy have been constructed, and others are 
now in process of building. In the sixty-four j-ears of its existence, 
nearly 300 ships have been added to the commercial marine 
by the Cramps, and millions of dollars added to the wealth of 
the country. Visitors are not admitted to the yards except on an 
order from the company. 

Midvale Steel Works. — While the Cramps build mighty ships of 
war for the (Tovernment, the Midvale Steel Works, near Wayne 
Junction, manufacture deadly torpedoes for the navy. The projec- 
tiles of this character made here are esteemed as among the finest 
in the country, even, on more than one occasion, destrojnng the 
greatly vaunted Harveyized steel armor. Admission to these works 
is rarely granted, and only under exceptional circumstances. 

Disston's Saw Works. — Although founded only a little moi-e 
than half a centur}' ago, the Disston Saw Works are to-day consid- 
ered among the largest and most important of the kind in the world. 
The concern occupies thirty-eight acres at Tacony, and employs about 



86 HANDY Gl'IDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

2,000 men all the year nmnd. In this establishment are made 
weekly 2,500 dozen hand-saws; yearly, 50,000 circular saws; cross- 
cut, etc., 200,000, besides some 6,000 dozen hack and butchers' saws. 
Of files and other tools an incredible number are made. Admission 
can only be had by an order from the firm. 

Baldwin Locomotive Works. — The fame of the Baldwin Loco- 
motive Works has spread all over the earth. There is scarcely a 
part of the civilized world where en;j;ines built by this great firm are 
not in use. The concern is to-day the greatest of its kind in exist- 
ence. Since the building of " Old Ironsides," in 1S32, this firm has 
built more than 14,000 locomotives. To carry on the work twenty- 
four buildings, sixteen acres of ground, and over 5,000 em- 
ployes are required. The main offices are at 5(xj North Broad 
Street. Admission may be occasionally had by application at the 
office. 

Brewerytown. — "A tour of the city" would not be complete 
without a reference to " Brewerytown," that section of the city in 
which are located some of the largest beer-brewing companies in the 
country. For various reasons a number of brewing firms estab- 
lished themselves within or in the neighborhood of Thompson and 
Jeft'erson and 31st and 33d streets, and the quantity of beer brewed 
annuallv in this locality is astonishing. Among the largest firms 
located in Brewerytown are Bergner 6c Engle and the Bergdoll 
Brewing Company. 

A Slioppiiij"- Trip. 

Lady visitors to this citj', who wish to go shopping, will find 
abundant places in which to gratify their desire. In the center of 
Philadelphia the stores on Chestnut and Eighth streets, and portions 
of Market, devoted to goodsparticularly attractive to womankind, are 
large, handsome, and well stocked. Some of them are unsurpassed 
in America in size and in the assortment and variety of goods dis- 
played. This is true particularly of Wanamaker's, Strawbridge & 
Clothier, Ciimbel's, Sliarpless Bros., and to some extent Marks Bros. 
All these have moiislcr cstaljlishments and sell both low and high 
priced goods. Columbia Avenue is a noted up-town shopping street, 
and South Street, in the lower section of the city, has a reputation 
peculiar to itself, and which nuiv l)e likened, in a measure, to the 
Bowery in New York, In .\ortheast. North, and Northwest Phila- 
delphia the main llioroughfares of the original villages or boroughs 




WILLIAM H HOSKINS— 815 Chestnut Street. 



Wm. H. Hoskins 

Manufacturing Stationer 
Office Outfitter, 

No. 815 Chestnut Street, 

PHILADELPHIA. 
"BUY FROM THE MANUFACTURER." 

The only Stationery Establishment in the United States 
where all the manufacturing is done in the build- 
ing, thus avoiding the "Middleman" profit. 

p^WI^I? /\\/|N^ •^'^ "^^^ ^^^ branches, executed in the most 
L/11 VF I\i i I I M VF correct style, at moderate cost. The best 
artists, skilled en.i;ravers, improved plate presses, are at your disposal 
for wedding invitations, cards, announcements, business headings, 
certificates, etc. 

PR I NX IN r^ of every description, at the shortest possible 
1 l\li 1 I 11 iVF notice. Small orders as well as large ones 
receive most careful attention. The latest improvements in typog- 
raphy added as sf)on as they are introduced. 

RI ANK ROOK^ ah styles of binding and allruHngs 
ULiii'lV LIV/V/IVO» in stock or made to order. Our 
bindery is complete in every detail. Perforating, numbering, pam- 
phlet and catalogue binding, at surprisingly low figures. 

PAPER and ENVELOPES. ^J^'^i^^ 

the country, a// sold by the pound, double the quantity for same money 
than by the quire. Actual tons of all the new and fashionable 
papers. All envelopes made on the premises. Stamping, illuminat- 
ing, and die sinking by skilled workers. 



Only One Profit Confronts You 

When you buy direct from the Manufacturer. 
SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 



A rOCR OF THE CITY. 87 

are given over to shops and stores, some quite pretentious, Ijut gener- 
ally of a minor character. As the lady shopper, presumably, will be 
stopping at one of the hotels on or in the neighborhood of Chestnut 
Street, the shopping tour will be confined to Chestnut, Eighth, and 
Market streets, beginning with Broad. 

Flo'wers. — Before leaving the hotel on her shopping trip, the lady 
visitor may desire a few flowers to complete her adornment. These 
she may order by messenger from Pennock Bros., 1514 Chestnut 
Street, probably the most fashionable florists in the city; or from 
Kift, Chestnut, above 17th; Heron &- Nesbit, Chestnut, near 19th; 
Crawford, 16th, below Chestnut; Craig &• Bro., nth, below Walnut; 
or from any one of a number of other first-class establishments not 
far away, none of whom, for they all do a large and fashionable 
trade, charge extortionate prices. In this particular Philadelphia 
florists differ from those in many other large cities. The wholesale 
price of flowers does not fluctuate with that stock-market-like rapidity 
characteristic of Boston, New York, and Chicago, but rise or fall 
gradually according to seasons. 

Chestnut Street. — Chestnut Street is recognized as the leading 
thoroughfare for the great stores carrying the heaviest stocks of the 
richest fabrics and other rare articles for retail sale. Wliilc sky- 
scraping buildings on this thoroughfare, which is superbly paved 
with asphalt and kept scrupulously clean, are few in number, a large 
proportion from Broad vStreet to Eighth are imposing and handsomely- 
built structures. 

Wanamaker's. — Turning into Chestnut Street from Broad and 
going eastward, the first place of interest to every woman, no matter 
what her special quest maybe, is John Wanamaker's. It is a huge 
establishment, reaching half a square on Chestnut Street from Juniper 
to 13th, and extending north one square to Market Street. It was 
originally the freight depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 
It has been deepened by a basement, heightened by building, and 
added to by the absorption of other edifices until it has assumed its 
present huge exposition-like character and national reputation. Mil- 
lions of persons visit this store annually, and, at scarcely any time of 
the day, despite its many acres of area, can one pass along its miles 
of aisles without constantly elbowing other shoppers or sight-seers. 
For the convenience of the patrons, many waiting, reading, and 
toilet rooms are provided, and a large restaurant is established in 
the store. 



88 HANDY GUIDE TO P II I LA DELPHI A . 

Candies. — Opposite Wanamaker's, on the south side of Chestnut 
Street, at 1326, is Huyler's eandy store, a name which is familiar in 
other cities for the excellence of the confections; and a few doors 
farther down at 1316 is the establishment of Stephen F. Whitman & 
Son, whose chocolates are famous all over America. Pine's and other 
notable confectioners' stores are also in the neighborhood or on 
Chestnut Street. 

Fabrics of the World. — It would be impossible to describe in 
detail the many shojis linin.i;- both sides of Chestnut Street, or to 
even mention a tithe of what may there l)e boui^'lit. There is 
scarcely one not worth a visit from the most critical shopper, for in 
them all are gathered the finest fabrics and manufactures of the 
world. Of necessity only the places of national fame can be men- 
tioned. 

Gimbel Brothers. — After leaving Wanamaker's, the next largest 
general establishment is (rimbel Brothers, located at Ninth and 
Market streets. This firm, whicli owns several other huge places in 
different parts of the West, has a large structure extending nearly 
one-quarter of the way to Chestnut Street on Ninth and nearly the 
same distance east cm Market. They carry much the same line of 
goods as Wanamaker, and employ a vast niunber of hands. 

Sharpless Brothers. — Sharpless Brothers, at liighth and Chestnut 
streets, also have a store the size of which is rarely equaled in 
America outside of Philadelphia. The hrm occupies a handsome 
building. They deal chiefly in dry goods, but cdrrj- a heavy line of 
almost an endless quantity of other manufactured articles. 

Strawbridge & Clothier. — The establishment of Messrs. Straw- 
bridge tV Clothier is the largest strictly dry goods store in the world. 
It is located at the northwest corner of ^Market and Eighth streets; 
that is to say, it is nominally there. As a matter of f:ict it extends 
away up Market Street and uj) Eighth, and around Filbert Street. 
It runs clear through fnmi Market Street to Filbert — a distance of 
306 feet — with imposing entrances at each end. The place as a 
whole is simply enormous. The Bon Marelie, that haven of shoppers 
in Paris, occupies a trifle less space. To get an idea of the extent 
and capacity of this great Emporium of Art and Industry, let the 
visitor enter by the main Market .Street entrance. There is a hand- 
somely tiled vestibule, and when its doors are passed, one stands at 
the southern end of a long and l)eautifuliy lighted salesroom, above 
which rise graceful galleries. To the east are the large buildings 



.■/ TOrR OF THE CITY. 89 

fronting on Eighth Street, to which conmninication is had by a space 
sixty-five feet wide cut in the wall near the Market Street end, and 
by smaller but similar openings farther north. The second floor is 
thrown open in the same way. 

Some of the Conveniences. — ( »n the dirierenl floors are ladies' 
parlors, with toilet rooms attached, where weary shoppers may rest 
comfortably and glance over the current papers and magazines. 
These i)arlors and toilet ro<)ms are always open, adjoining which will 
l)e found telegraph and telephone offices, and a bureau of informa- 
tion, where packages may be checked without charge. vSuburban 
time tables are provided for gratuitous distribution. Seven elevators 
carry passengers from one fioor to another, by which one may pass 
rapidly and noiselessly to any part of the vast building. A mad- 
ortler department, complete in every particular, has long been serving 
promptly, carefully, and economically, persons who are compelled to 
shop through the mails. Under the system perfected by Messrs. 
Strawbridge & Clothier, shopping by mail is almost as satisfactory 
as a personal visit to their immense establishment. Experienced 
artists make exact copies of multitudes of articles, which are sent to 
all who desire them, accompanied by prices and full descriptions. In 
the filling of orders the greatest care is exercised in order that all 
may be served satisi'actorilv and with the utmost prcHnptness. 

Eighth Street. — Eighth Street is the thoroughfare much visited 
by ladies who delight in making bargains. The large and handsome 
stores between Chestnut Street and Vine are filled with a bewilder- 
ing art-ay of cheap goods and bargains. Besides Sharpless Bros., 
and Strawbridge & Clothier, who both have entrances on Eighth 
Street, there are several other very large firms having immense 
establishments and doing an enormous business. Among these 
are ]\Iarks Bros., Eighth and Arch; vShoncman Bros., Eighth above 
Arch, and Partridge &• Richardson, nearly opposite. Fully a day 
can l)e spent by a lady on Eighth Street, profitably and enjoyabl}-, l"or 
although Eighth Street has the reputation, and deservedly so, of 
being a " cheap " street, it is by no means the case that the goods 
offered for sale are proportionatelj' inferior to those displayed on the 
more aristocratic thoroughfare, Chestnut Street. On Eighth Street 
also, for the convenience of shoppers, are several choice restaurants, 
where excellent meals are served at reasonable rates. 



VI. 
THE RIVERS. 

Delaware and Sclmylkill. 

Two large rivers touch Philudulphia — the Delaware and its great 
tributary, the Schuylkill. The first divides Pennsylvania from N^w 
Jersey, and separates Camden, one of the cities of the latter State, 
from Philadelphia by about a mile. The Schuylkill divides the 
city into two unecpial parts l)ef()re it empties into the Delaware. 
I'^rom the latter stream, which is only navigable by moderate-sized 
vessels for a short distance, Philadelphia draws the greater part of 
its water supply, impounding it fn'st by two large dams belonging to 
tile Schuylkill Navigation Company, one at Fairmount and the other 
at Shawmont, and secondlv b\' lai^ge subsiding reservoirs in varictus 
]iarts of the citv. The Delaware is a navigable stream for a distance 
of about 131 miles, or some thirty miles above Philadelpliia. It 
is tile highwav by which all its commerce with the world is 
done. 

Up the River. — As soon as Philadelphia is passed the scenery on 
the Ui)]>er Delaware becomes interesting, and as mile after mile is 
traversed it Ijccomes in tiu'us picturcs(iue and grand. A few miles 
above Easton begins a series of cliffs, which in many respects rivals 
the famous Palisades of the Hudson, and, still farther north, the river 
cuts through the Blue Ridge, forming a gap which is noted the world 
over for its beauty. 

Down the River. — Traveling down the river a different picture, 
but pleasing nevertheless, is presented. The Pennsylvania shore for 
the most part is flat and marshy, but these, in certain seasons, have 
a beauty of their own which visitors do not fail to appreciate. The 
New Jersey shore, though by no means high, looks lofty by a contrast, 
while the woods and groves which dot its l)anks give a wild and 
primeval api)earance to the landscajjc. 

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THE RIVERS. 91 

As a Fishing River. — One of the Indian names of the Delaware 
translated means " hsh river," on account of the vast abundance 
of the finny tribe which made their home in these waters. Even 
to-day, with the great population which lines its three hundred odd 
miles of length, its old reputation in this respect is maintained, for its 
commercial fishing industries, carefully fostered, amount to more than 
$2,000,000 a year. To the angler the Upper Delaware is a paradise. 
Black bass, pike-perch, and food and game fishes of less value 
abound, and there are indisputable evidences that within the next 
three or foiu" years it will be one of the best salmon streams south of 
Canada. 

A Trii> Up tlie River. 

A Start. — Visitors should not fail to take a boat trip up the Del- 
aware River. This may be done by the expenditure of a few hours' 
time, at a cost of less than a dollar, and, as a return, experience 
unbounded enjoyment. A start may be made either in the morning 
or afternoon, a reference to the advertising columns giving the exact 
time. The place of departure may l)e either Chestnut or Arch .Street 
wharf. 

Kensington. — Among the first places of interest passed is that 
part of Philadelphia known as Kensington, fir, as it is commonly 
termeil, " Fish Town." It is a great milling district, but amid the 
wilderness of lofty structures of brick and mortar, and the forests of 
shipping grouped about the wharves, is the little spot of refreshing 
green called Penn Treat)' Park. Here stood the famous " tree of 
vShackamaxon," the elm under which William Penn made his treaty 
with the Indians. The steamboats pass near the Pennsylvania 
shore above this, giving good views of the Richmond coal wharves, 
Cramp's ship-yards, and other interesting sights. 

Bridesburg. — -Bridesburg, still within the city limits, comes next, 
and glimpses are had of the United .States Arsenal half concealed 
among the trees. 

Tacony. — Above is Tacony, where, a short distance from the 
shore, is located the Tacony Iron & Metal Works, in which was 
manufactured the colossal statue of William Penn that surmounts the 
tower of City Hall. Just above the metal works, spreading broadly 
upon the shore and stretching far inland, is the Keystone Saw 
Works, owned by the Disstons. 

Riverton. — To this point the steamboat plies near the Pennsyl- 



92 HAXDY GUIDE 'J'O PHILADRI.PIIIA. 

vania shore, but, on leaving Tacony, it crosses to the New Jersey 
side, and makes a stop at Riverton, one of the most attractive 
places on the Delaware. The Riverton Vucht Clnb has erected on 
the shores an ornamental club-lionse, and aronnd it the shores, beau- 
lil'nlly sodded, slope from the water's ed;.;c upward and back through 
groves of majestic trees. 

Torresdale. — Crossing the river again the steamboat moves 
northward to Torresdale, the northern limit of Philadelphia. 
Attractive villas peep from among the trees, and some distance back, 
nearly hidden by the foliage, is the " Forrest Home," the bequest of 
Edwin Forrest, as a retreat for aged actors. 

Beverly. — Delightful pastoral scenery on both sides of the river 
now greets the visitor, increasing steadily in beauty, mile by mile, as 
the river narrows perceptibly. Frequent stops are made by the boat, 
but the most important after leaving Torresdale is Beverly, once 
one of the terminal points of a famous crossing-place known as 
Dunk's Ferry. Established on a point, it holds a commanding place, 
and this, with its picturesque boatdiouses, handsome residences, and 
broad, green lawns sweeping gracefully to the river, renders it an 
especially attractive spot. 

Bristol. — Above Beverly the river widens again, forming two 
channels around a spot of land known as Burlington Island. Here, 
on the Pennsylvania side, is Bristol, and on the New Jersey shore, 
Burlington, both places (jf sufficient size to support an antiquated and 
miniature ferry-boat which plies between the two. Bristol's first 
inhabitant dates back to i6So, and the air seems to have agreed with 
him so well that he failed to die until 17S1. During the last century 
Bristol enjoyed as great a reputation as a watering-place as Saratoga 
does in this — that is in proportion, when the population and the 
means of transmitting news are taken into consideration. It gained 
its fame on account of a fine health-giving mineral spring. The 
chief hotel in those days was the " George the HI Inn," and during 
the Revolution the soldiers used the portrait sign of the sovereign, 
which hung (nitside the door, as a target to such an extent that it 
was speedily shot away. Afterward the Inn became known as the 
Delaware House. It was recently remodeled and enlarged. 

Burlington. — Burlington, which lies nearlv opposite Bristol, ante- 
dates Philadelphia *ive years, and the site was first suggested by 
(Jeorge Fox, the founder of the "Quakers," in 1072. In 1677,228 
members of this society landed here from the " goode shijipe London," 





Let 


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You 


to 


our Retai 


Store, iioS Chestnut 


.Street, where 


are 


attractively displayed a complete line oi" 



Stetson H^ts 



Exclusively Philadelphia products. All the pro- 
cesses from the cutting of the fur are conducted 
at the famous Stetson factory. vSold by leading 
hatters throughout the country and known every- 
where for their misurpassed excellence. 

John B. Stetson Co. 

Retail Store 

1 108 Chestnut Street 
Philadelphia 



rilE RIVERS. 93 

and occupied the lands just below the Assiscunk Creek, the property 
being regularly purchased from the Indians. Burlington, since then, 
has grown to be quite a large town, and is comfortably wealthy and 
full of places of historic interest, among which may be noted the old 
dwelling place of Fenimore Cooper, the famous American novelist. 

Pennsburg. — Above Burlington the Delaware, never straight, 
begins to be extraordinarily crooked, and a .short distance in a straight 
line below Trenton, the capital of New Jersey, it takes a sharp curve 
from the northwest to the northeast, making the journey by water 
one of fully fourteen miles. The tongue of land formed by this great 
curve is one of the most famous on the river, being known as " Tlie 
^[anor of Pennsburg." Here was located Penn's country home, on a 
tract originally comprising S.ooo acres. The founder of Penns\-lvania 
occupied his mansion only (me year, between 1700 and 1701, and then 
finally returned to England. 

Florence Heights. — Another sharp turn in the river takes the 
visitor past Florence Heights, on the Jersey shore, where there is a 
large irqn foundry and pipe factory. Here the stream narrows, with 
nimierous pretty islands interspersed over its surface, and the shores 
become heightened and roughened into miniature mountains. Flor- 
ence Heights was once a noted excursion ground. 

White Hill. — Beyond is White Hill, another spot interesting his- 
torically, and is further noteworthy as being the most eastern point 
of Pennsylvania. Here, too, the Delaware, apparently tired of the 
direction it has hitherto taken, bends so sharply to the southward 
that for some distance the lioat's head is pointed directly toward 
Philadeljihia. 

Bordentown. — Bordentown is the next noted landing place. Here 
dwelt for many years Admiral Charles Stewart, "Old Ironsides," of 
the United States Navy, and on his old estate now lives Mrs. Delia 
Parnell, the daughter of the doughty old admiral, the mother of the 
noted Irish leader, Charles Stewart Parnell. To Bordentown came, 
in iSif), Joseph Bonaparte, ex-king of Naples and Spain, to live as 
Count de Survelliers after his dethronement. He occupied a man- 
sion at Point Breeze, since called Bonaparte Park; the house is still 
standing, though in a dilapidated condition. Another famous resi- 
dent of Bordentown was Prince Murat, nephew of Napoleon and 
Joseph, a son of Prince Joachim Murat, king of the Sicilies. He 
occupied a farm near his uncle Joseph. At Bordentown is a curious 
little monument of granite to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary 



94 HANDY GUIDE 7V rUTLADKLPlIIA. 

of the first runnini;' of the "John Bull" locomotive at this point. A 
bronze tablet on the nionnment re])resents old "John Bull," a notable 
inscription accompanyini;' it. 

Trenton. — Above Bordcntown tliL- livcr shallows suddenly, and 
the channel throu,L;h wliich the boats pass is tortuous in the extreme 
all the way to Trenton, the teiininus of the navi;,;'able waters. 
"Tlie \vindin<4' ri\-er, with its low and pleasant banks, makes at- 
tractive scenery in the approach to Trenton; and across the lowlands 
of Penn's Neck, on the Pennsylvania shore, is seen the famous Penn 
Valley vStud Farm. Soon we round a river bend, and there opens up 
a view of the great Delaware Bridg'e, crossing from Trenton o\-er to 
Morrisville, with a long railway train passing swiftly throughout its 
interlacing trusses." A few minutes after, the boat pulls up at the 
wharf at New Jersey's State Capital, and, after a visit through the 
pretty city, the visitor can make the return tri]i to Philadelphia either 
by the river or by train. 

A Short Trip Down tli<' I{iv«*r. 

The Start. — A start is but made for a trip down the river on the 
steamer Republic from Arch .Street Wharf, since it is about the only 
vessel on which ii continuous passage can be made into 1 )elaware Bay. 

Old STwedes Church. — At the outset great business houses line 
the l)anks of the river; huge sugar refineries and other lofty buildings 
almost hide the city in their rear; as the lower jKU't is reached a 
break or two appears, and near the American Line Steamers' 
wharves a glimpse may be had of the Old Swedes Church, the most 
ancient edifice of worship in Philadelphia. It was built about 1700, 
and through all the years which have elapsed it has been maintained in 
its primitive and refreshing country-church-like appearance. Within 
the graveyard more than S, 000 dead repose ; the oldest marked grave 
is that of Peter .Sandel, who was interred there in April, 170S. 

Old Navy Yard. — Below are the old navy yard wharves, where 
foi- years, bc-fore the ])resent site on League Island was taken, the 
Ciovernment cared for its war vessels in Philadelphia. 

Kaighn's Point. — Nearly oi)posite, on the New Jersey shore, is 
Kaighn's Point, the starting place of the Philadelphia & Reading's 
line to Atlantic City, that favorite route of thcnisands of Philadel- 
])hians to their great seaside resort. 

The Neck. — Below Kaighn's Point, on the Pennsylvania shore, 
begins that i)art of Philadeli)hia known as the Neck — the narrow 



THE RIVERS. 95 

strcleli of land terminating with the confluence of the Delaware and 
the Schuylkill. The approach to this spot is heralded by odors not 
from •' Araby the Blest," the cause (jf which are numerous fertilizing- 
making and bone-boiling establishments. Below them are the 
Pennsylvania Salt Company's works, with their extensive wharves 
at which the vessels from Ivigtut, Greenland, unload the kryolite 
gathered in that far-off arctic land. Marshes are now the rule, and 
across them, looking northward, is plainly to l)e seen the huge tower 
of City Hall, and the dim outline of the statue of William Penn 
surmounting it. 

Greenwich Point. — As the river ai^proaches the southern limits 
of Philadelpliia, it makes a curve to the westward known as Horse 
Shoe Bend, iind on the right are the Greenwich piers, where the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company ships its coal, and the various gas 
coal companies put the soft coal from the western part of the .State 
on board vessels. 

Gloucester. — On the left, on the sloping New Jersey shore, is the 
town of (Gloucester, which for some years bore a malodorous reputa- 
tion on account of the race-tracl': and the gambling which existed 
there. But the place has a better fame than this, because of the 
quality of its "planked" shad, a delicacy which epicureans love, 
and which bring thousands to (rloucestcr every season to enjoy. At 
Gloucester is the largest shad fishery on the river, and, when this 
toothsome fish is on its annual journey to the sjiawning grounds, 
multitudes go purposely to Gloucester to witness the hauling in of 
the huge seine, the largest of the kind in the United States. 

Fish Hawk. — During the month of May and the first two weeks 
in June the United States Fish Commissioner's steamer " Fish 
Hawk" usually stops off at Gloucester, for the purpose of hatching 
shad eggs to be deposited in the river. Admission t(j this vessel is 
free. 

League Island. — Below Gloucester the river sweeps grandly 
around the Horse Shoe Bend, and the voyager can see the " Neck " in 
all its glory. Across the lowland, with its green, marshy grass, rise 
the buildings of League Island Navy Yard, the Government naval 
construction and repair station. 

■Washington Park. — Just below Gloucester, Big Timber Creek 
empties its waters into those of the Delaware, and on its lower side, 
running to the banks of the latter, is located Washington Park, a 
new pleasure resort of 500 or 600 acres, elegantly laid out and made 



96 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

attractive in every way. At this park a pier juts out into the river 
1, 600 i'ect, the largest structure of the kind on the river. 

Red Bank. — Below Washington Park is Red Bank, once a famous 
summer resort, but which has a prior claim to celebrity on account of 
a great battle which was fought there during the Revolutionary War. 
Some of the old earthworks of that engagement still remain. 

Mouth of the Schuylkill. ^The mouth of the .Schuylkill is here 
passed; and so hidden is it, by the peculiar shore lines, that one does 
not wonder it was passed and repassed by the early explorers before 
it was discovered, and there is a realizing sense of the fitness of the 
name Schuylkill, the Dutch term meaning " hidden river," which was 
given it. 

Fort Mifflin. — Below and on the Pennsylvania shore is old Fort 
Mifflin, noted in the early history of the State. The place has an 
ancient, warlike ajipearance, with its long, low, grassy-bordered earth- 
works, the long, black muzzles of the cannon showing above them. 

Hog Island.— Hog Island is in the vicinity, a spot which possesses 
some interest as the breeding place of hundreds of Shetland ponies, 
which range the place at will, in a semi-wild state. 

Tinicum Island. — Next comes Tinicum Island, a tree-covered 
tract of land, which has been used by writers in prose and verse as 
the site of many blood-thirsty deeds in the early history of America, 
Ijefore the peacefid Quakers founded Pennsylvania. 

The Sanitarium. — At the lower side of Red Bank is the Sanita- 
rium grounds, covered with huge trees half concealing several pretty 
buildings. This is the j^roperty of the Sanitarium Association, and 
here that benevolent organization take and care for annually, during 
the summer months, more than 200,000 poor children and their 
caretakers. 

Billingsport. — Billingsport, which is below the Sanitarium, is a 
pretty down-the-river suburb, with pleasant villas on a little bluff, 
amid sodded and terraced banks, and occupied by many wealthy 
Philadelphia business men as homes. 

Lincoln Park. — At the lower end of Billingsport is Lincoln Park, 
an attractive summer resort, located on a bluff on a point from which 
good views up and down the river are oljtaincd. A handsome hotel 
offers refreshments and entertainment, and cool groves of shapely 
trees afford tempting shelter on h(jt summer days. Here " beer and 
music " is found to mix with that perfect propriety which is absent 
in Philadelphia. 



THE RIVERS. 97 

Lazaretto.— On the Pennsylvania shore, beyond Tinicum Island, 
is seen the Lazaretto. There on a high staflf floats the yellow quar- 
antine flag, emblazoned with a big " Q." From here the arriving 
vessels ean be seen far down the channel below Chester. 

Chester, — " There is a charming view down the Delaware River 
below the Lazaretto, although the shores are low and the river wide. 
It shows one of the finest industrial sights the eye can look upon, 
backed by sloping banks of green sward and woodland." Chester 
Island is in mid-stream, and the city of Chester is broadly stretched 
on the right bank of the river. At the lower end of the latter 
are located the once famous Roach ship yards, and below them 
immense mills at intervals along the banks. 

Delaware's Only Mountains. — At Chester is sighted the only 
mountains Delaware can boast of; they are little more than hills, but 
look well in the hazy distance as they stretch along historic Brandy- 
wine Creek. 

Marcus Hook. — Next Marcus Hook is passed, a cozy nest of 
little houses, forming an attractive village nestled among the abun- 
dant trees. 

Pennsgrove. — Below, on the Jersey shore, is Pennsgrove, a favorite 
resort for excursion and picnic parties during the hot summer days. 

Wilmington. — Near here the Christiana River empties into the 
Delaware, and back over the meadows is seen the thriving town of 
Wilmington. Its brick buildings seem to lie along the base and 
partly up the slope of the Brandywine Hills which run far away 
inland toward the northwest. 

New Castle. — A low green shore extends below Wilmington on 
the Delaware side, and on the Jersey boundaries is a narrow streak of 
yellow beach with trees in the rear. Then comes New Castle, that 
town which a certain ironically-inclined person designated as the 
only " finished town in the United vStates. " Here the whipping-post 
and the pillory still flourish, and other medieval practices are yet 
observed. 

Fort Delaware. — The rajDidly widening Delaware warns the 
visitor that the head of Delaware Bay is near, and just before that 
broad expanse of water is reached, Pea Patch Island, on which Fort 
Delaware is, comes in view in mid-stream. The fort is a high stone 
structure with barracks inclosed, their roofs showing above the outer 
walls. Fort Delaware was used during the Civil War as a place of 
imprisonment for political offenders. 



08 HAKDV a ('//)/■: TO PHILADELPHIA. 

A New Bit of Land. — IVii Patch Island covers a1)<)iit forty acres, 
and is a new bit of land. In 1783 it was testified that the island was 
" only the size of a man's liat." Nearly the whole island, therefore, 
has ])ccn the s^jrowth of little more than a century. 

Delaware Bay. — 1 )ela\vare Bay is now entered and there is little 
to see beyond a waste of waters, and little for the tourist to do until 
Cape May is reached, e.\ce])t to enjoy himself as best he may. 

A Trip I p the Stliiiylkill. 

Character of the Stream. Only a very few miles can be directly 
employed for a pleasure trip l)y l)oat up the Schuylkill River and 
that above Fairmount Dam, but in the short space is crowded rare 
beauty. The scenery along the River Schuylkill, between Fairmount 
Dam and the Falls, has been compared to that on the Rhine, and 
many tourists have declared that could they be transported thither, 
without 1)eini; aware of their real position, they could almost imai.;-ine 
themselves boatiui;- on the bosom of that beautiful (Tcrman stream. 
All that portion of the vScliuvlkill whicli can be continuously trav- 
ersed by steamboat lies within the confines of Fairmount Park, and 
is vmder the control of the commissioners of that i^Teat i)leasure- 
ground. 

Steamers. — Several steamers ply on the waters of the river dur- 
ing the summer months, all having their starting-point near the 
(Ireen Street entrance to Fairmount Park, and on their upward and 
return journey stop at every interesting jioint as far north as the 
ancient l-'alls \'illage, at tlie mouth of (he Wissaliickon Creek. 

Boats. — Row-l)oats may be hired near tlie Fairmount water- 
works, abo\-e the steamboat landing, b\' the hour or l)y the day, but 
all persons employing such ci'aft foi^ a pleasure outing are cautioned 
not to proceed down the river, k-st they be caught in tlie current and 
carried over Fairmount ] )ani and be drowned. There is nothing to 
attract a, boating partv below the steamboat landing on the river, as 
all the pretty scenery lies above, where there is no danger and many 
attractive i^laces to visit. 



VII. 
LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS. 



Philadelphia as an Educational Center. — Philadelphia has always 
been regarded as one of the greatest educational centers in the world. 
Here and there a single establishment may be found, the fame of 
which is greater than any single one of a similar character in Phila- 
delphia, but her pre-eminence in this respect is gained through the 
number and general high character of her educational institutions, and 
the unusual facilities which are offered students. The number of 
pul)lic, private, and semi-public i)laccs of this character almost sur- 
passes belief, and few, beyond the great colleges and other noted 
places of learning which continuously draw on Philadelphia for mas- 
ters in the arts, sciences, and general education, have any idea how 
many there are. 

The City's Free Libraries. — About 1891, by ordinance of councils, 
free libraries were ordered to be established throughout the city, 
under the direct charge of. the Board of Education. .Six of these 
places are now (1S95) in operation, with a total of over 64,000 volumes 
and an e\-er-increasing mmiber of readers. The books are of a mis- 
cellaneous character, from fiction to technical science. For a person 
to have the use of these libraries and take books therefrom, it is only 
necessary to present a ticket duly signed by two reputable citizens of 
the neighborhood. One of the libraries now in use, which is located 
at 17th Street and Montgomery Avenue, although in operation less 
than three years, has more members and readers than any other 
lilirary in Philadelj)hia, not excepting the famous Philadelphia and 
Mercantile libraries. The locations of the city libraries now open 
are as follows; 

Xo. I, Montgomer\ Avenue and 17th Street. 

No. 'J. inroad and l-Y'dcral streets. 

No. 3, Frankfort Avenue, below Norris Street. 

No. 4, Roxboro. 

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100 HANDY GCIDE TO PIIILADELPII [A . 

No. 5, West Philadelphia Institute, 40th Street, below Ludlow 
Street. 

No. 6, Main Street and Chelten Avenue, Germantown. 

Free Library of Philadelphia. — The city has another great free 
library at 1219 Chestnut Street, but over which it has not absolute 
control, although it makes annual appropriations of moneys for its 
support. It was established mainly through a bequest of George S. 
Pepper, approximating $300,000, and contains about 20,000 volumes. 
It is entirely free to the public as a circulating and reference library. 
The books are of the same character as the free libraries, under the 
absolute charge of the Board of Education. 

Apprentices' Library. — The Apprentices' Library is situated at 
Fifth and Arch streets, and is open without charge to any one. " It 
was established in 1820, for the use of apprentices and other young 
persons." It was originally opened in Carpenters' Hall, and subse- 
quently moved to its present quarters in the old meeting house of the 
Free Quakers. 

Athenaeum Library and Reading Room.— The Athenaeum Library 
occupies handsome bmwnstone (juartcrs at the southeast corner of 
Sixth and Adelphi streets, below Walnut. It was organized in 1S13, 
and for scmie years it rented the first floor of the Philosophical Society's 
rooms in Independence vSquare, on Fifth Street below Chestnut. 

Chestnut Hill Free Library. — This library is at Chestnut Hill 
and occupies quarters in Christian Hall on the Reading Pike near 
Rex Avenue. No charge is made for the use of books. 

Disston Library. — A free library and reading room, 3700 Long- 
shore Street, Tacony. 

Friends Free Library. — 5418 Germantown Avenue, Germantown. 
No charge for use of the more than 20,000 volumes, none of which 
are fiction. 

Friends Library Association. — Sixteenth and Race streets. 
Devoted chiefly to publications connected with Quaker historj' and 
contains about 12,000 volumes. Organized in 1S35. 

Germantown Library. — 5521 Germantown Avenue; organized 
1861; about 6,000 volumes. Free reading rooms. 

Hebrew Literature Society. — 322 Bainbridge Street; about 2,000 
volumes in English, Russian, Hebrew, and German. 

Hirst Free Law Library.— 901 Drexel Building. This library was 
organized in 1SS3, and opened to the public in 1S85. It was founded 
under a bequest of Lucas Hirst, and is free to the members of the 
Philadelphia bar and law students. It contains about 8,000 volumes. 



LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS. 101 

Home Teaching and Free Circulating Library for the Blind. — 

701 Walnut Street. 

Law Association Library. — 219 South Sixth Street. Founded 
in 1S02. One of the most complete legal libraries in the country. 

Lovett Memorial Free Library. — Germantown and Sedgwick 
streets, (iermantown; free to everyone; 8,000 volumes. 

Mercantile Library. — 18 South loth Street. This is probably 
one of the best known libraries in the United States. It was incor- 
porated in 1S22, and contains at the present time 172,000 volumes and 
10,000 pamphlets. The association was formed in 1S20, and oj^ened 
to the public in 1821, and has now a membership of over 12,000. 
The reading rooms are free to the public, but members only are 
entitled to take books from the building. 

Philadelphia Library. — Locust and Juniper streets. This library, 
together with the Loganian Library in the same building, is prf)bably 
one of the oldest in the LTnited States. The Philadelphia Library 
was founded by Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Hopkinson, and a few 
others, July i, 1731. It first attracted wide attention by importing 
from London, in 1732, ;^45,ooo worth of books, and before the Revolu- 
tion had absorbed no less than three local libraries. It was first 
located on Pewter Platter Alley, between Front and Second, and in 
1773 was removed to Carpenters' Hall. In 1790 it occupied a hand- 
some building of its own on the northeast corner of Fifth and Library 
.streets, between Chestnut and Walnut. A few years ago a beautiful 
structure was erected at Locust and Juniper streets, where it now is 
with some i So, 000 volumes, many of which are of the rarest charac- 
ter. The Loganian Library, which is united with the Philadelphia 
Library, is a collection of books bequeathed by James Logan, the 
iirst secretary to William Penn and at one time Chief Justice of the 
Province of Pennsylvania. Under his will the library, which contains 
many rare and curious books in ancient languages, was to be main- 
tained forever for the use of the citizens of Philadelphia, The 
Loganian Library is always open to any respectable person who 
wishes to utilize it, and the Philadelphia Library affords the same 
privilege between 8.30 a. m. and 6.00 v. m., except Sundays. 

Ridgway Library. — This great library is located on Broad 
Street, between Carpenter and Christian. The history of its found- 
ing is of more than ordinary interest. Dr. James Rush, a son of 
Dr. Benjamin Rush, died in Philadelphia May 26, 1869, and by his 
will left about $1,500,000 in trust for the erection of a building 



103 HANDY GUIDE TO J'llILADEI.PH lA . 

suitable for the use of a library of large proportions, for the support 
of which an additional sum was left. The library' was to be called 
the Ridgway Branch of the Philadelphia Library, the name Ri(,lg- 
way being derived from the maiden name of his wife, a daughter of 
Jacob Ridgway, a rich merchant of the city. The trustees erected a 
magnificent structure of the Corinthian .style of architecture, at 
Broad and Carpenter, of dressed granite, with a frontage of 220 feet 
and a depth of 105 feet. It has three imposing porticoes supported 
by huge granite pillars. A few years ago a gentleman was sent by 
the German Government to visit all the large library buildings in the 
world, for the purpose of studying the best features of each for 
adoption in a great library in Berlin. Philadelphia was the last place 
visited, and, after examining the Ridgway Library, he pronounced it 
to be the finest structure and best fitted for the purpose of any in the 
world. This institution contains about 110,000 volumes, and it is said 
to be the best referenced library in America. Open on week-days 
from g.oo a. m. to 6.00 r. m., and on Sundays from i.oo p. m. to 6.00 r. m. 

Southwark Library.— 765 South Second Street. Incorporated in 
1830. This library contains about 20,000 volumes of diversified 
character. 

Wilson's Circulating Library. — 117 Walnut Street. It contains 
65,000 volumes and is open from 7.40 a. m. to 6.30 w m. 

Other Libraries. — Besides those mentioned, which are libraries 
exclusively, many educational and other societies possess extraordi- 
narily large collections of books devoted to special lines. Some of 
these are the largest in America, and in some instances compare 
favorably with the best in the world. Among these are the following; 

.Icadcmy of Natural Sa'cnccs, 19th and Race streets, 40,000 
volumes and about 40,000 pamphlets. 

^■l)ncr!can Catlioh'c Historical Society, 219 South Sixth Street. 

American P/ii/osop/iical Society, 104 South Fifth Street. 

Dre.xcl Institute, 33d and Chestnut streets, 15,000 volumes. 

Franlclin Institute, 15 South Seventh Street, 40,000 volumes and 
26,000 pamphlets. 

Halnieniann Cc/A'^'V' (H(m:<x'f>pathic), Broad Street, above Race, 
8,000 volumes and 10,000 jKunphlcts. 

(iernian Society, Spring (larden and Marshall streets, 40,000 
volumes. 

Philadelphia Chapter 0/ .Inicrican Institute of Architects, 411 
Walnut Street. 



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ll'tsf Philaih'lpliia Institute, 40th and Ludlow streets, 7,000 
volumes. 

Neiu Chiiych Book Assoc/at/oii, 2129 Chestnut Street, 1,500 
volumes. 

Odd Ft-IIo-i<.'s' Hat/ Assoi/at/on (^w)n to be transferred from 140 
North Sixth vStreet to new building at Broad and Cherry streets), 
15,000 volumes. 

Pfiuisylvania Hoyticiilturixl Society, Broad Street, below Locust, 
2,000 volumes. 

Philadelphia City Institute, Chestnut and 18th streets (free), 
14,500 volumes. 

Seamen's and Landsnien\^ .lid Society, 322 South Front Street. 

Spring Garden Institute, Broad and Spring Garden streets, 
14,000 volumes. 

Museums. 

Academy of Natural Sciences. — The Academy of Natural Sci- 
ences, at 19th and Race streets, is the oldest institution of the kind in 
America, and famous as being one of the greatest in the world. Its 
prizes are more esteemed by scientific men than those of almost any 
other similar organization, and it wields a powerful influence in the 
realms of science. Some of the greatest masters of Natural History 
of the age are, or have been, members, and it has fostered nearly 
every American arctic expedition, except those under the absolute 
control of the Government. It was founded in 1812, and to-day has 
a vast museum of treasures of natural history. It has the largest 
collection of shells in the world, surpassing even the famous one of 
the British Museum. It is contained in about 60,000 trays, and num- 
bers more than 200,000 specimens. The collection of birds consists 
of about 27,000 mounted specimens, and some 4,000 unmounted 
skins, and is excelled by but three European collections. The col- 
lection of fossils is one of the most important in the country, and 
requires some 20,000 trays to contain it. In addition to the regu- 
lar geological collection, the academy cares for and exhibits the 
collection of the Pennsylvania State Geological Survey. The herba- 
rium contains upward of 35,000 species of plants, and, with the excep- 
tion of the one at Harvard, is the most extensive in America. There 
are i ,700 human skulls, and in its archaeological collection is surpassed 
only by two similar ones in this country. Its collections of minerals 
and insects are unequaled in the United States, and its osteological 



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specimens and alcoholic preparations are of priceless value. The 
Academy of Natural Sciences fronts on Logan Square, and is a huge 
and handsome building, part of which is of serpentine and part of 
brick and terra cotta. The nniseum, library, and meetings, in fact 
all things pertaining to the institution, are o])en dailv, except on Sun- 
day, to visitors and students. There is no charge for anvthing. It 
is the freest institution in the world. 

American Philosophical Society. — Independence Square, Fifth 
Street below Chestnut. This venerable society was founded in May, 
1763, and in 17S5 it erected the present building on Independence 
Square, under authority of the New Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
Its first president was Benjamin Franklin, who was followed by David 
Rittenhouse, the fauKnis astronomer, the third being Thomas Jeffer- 
son, afterward President of the United States, Prof. Caspar Wistar, 
Prof. Robert Patterson, Chief Justice William Tilghman, and other 
famous men were also at various times presiding officers. The pres- 
ent president is the venerable and much-beloved Frederick Fraley. 
The building is of Pennsylvania marble and is a plain and unassum- 
ing edifice. It contains a library, lecture room, and museum. Vis- 
itors are admitted daily on application. 

Commercial, Educational, and Economic Museum. — City Hall 
— near west entrance, North Side. Tlie Commercial, Educational, 
and Economic Museum is the property of tlie city and is under the 
charge of a Board of Trustees composed in part by members of City 
Councils, the Board of Education, the Fairmount Park Commission, 
and of persons selected by certain scientific and educational institu- 
tions. It is of recent origin and was the .conception of Prof. William 
T. Wilson, and carried out through the efforts of Prof. Thomas 
Meehan, a member of Comnn)n Council. Although only a little more 
than a year old, this museum is already the largest of the kind in the 
world, and the first established in America. In the commercial 
museum is gathered the material and fabrics of the world, and in the 
educational exhibit everything of interest in pedagogical matters. 
The collections are made up chiefi}' from the Centennial Expositicm 
of iSyfiand the Columbian P^xj)osition of 1S93. Owing to want of 
sjjacc to exhibit them, the collection of educational material is 
temporariiv stored in various educational institutions in the city. 

Franklin Institute. — 15 Soutli Seventh .Street. This society was 
orgiuiized in 1S24, for the encouragement of the mechanical arts. It 
occupies a plain edifice on tiie east side of Seventh Street, far too 



LIBRARIES A XI) MC^SEUMS.' 105 

: mall for its work, and a movement is on foot to build another and 
' larger edifice in a more central location. It supports a school of 
instruction, and periodically gives largi? and fine exhibitions on special 
subjects. 

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. — Inroad Street, below Locust. 
This is the oldest society devoted tohorticultural matters in America. 
It was founded in 1829, and until recently owned a magnificent build- 
ing in which, at least twice a year, elaborate floral exhibitions were 
given. The structure was ultimately destroyed by fire, but is now 
being rebuilt. 

Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. — Museum 
in Memorial Mall, Centennial grounds, P\urr.;ount Park. School, 
northwest corner of Broad and Pine streets. It was founded in 1S76, 
for the " establishment in Philadelphia of a Museum of Art in all its 
branches and technical applications, and with a special view to the 
development of the art industries of the State, etc. ' The collections 
in ^lemorial Hall belonging to this institution embraces examples of 
art work of every description, and is well worth a visit. 

Wagner Institute.— Seventeenth Street and ^Montgomery Avenue. 
Founded by William Wagner, and devoted to free lectures, etc., dur- 
ing the winter months. The Institute contains a valuable library, 
philosophical and chemical apparatus, and a fine cabinet of minerals. 

National Museum. — tSee Indepenuknce H.vli.. 



VIII. 

CHURCHES.— RELIGIOUS AND 
BENEVOLENT WORK. 



There are more than 700 churches in Philadelphia, comprising over 
forty independent and semi-independent denominations. They are 
so scattered over the great city that the worshiper need not go far 
from his home or stopping place without finding a place in which to 
pursue his devotions according to the form he has been accustomed 
to. Most of the leading Protestant and many of the Roman Catholic 
churches advertise their sermon for the succeeding Sabbath in the relig- 
ious-notice column of the Public Ledger on the preceding Saturday. 

There is scarcely a denomination unrepresented in the city. 
There is even a church of the anti-polygamous Mormon faith 
located within its boundaries. In all the churches strangers are 
cordially welcomed and given seats by the ushers. As a rule the 
services in the Protestant churches begin at 10.30 in the morning 
and 7.30 in the evening. 

Alphabetically arranged, the principal denominations are as 
follows: 

Baptist. 

The Baptist denomination has a powerful hold on the affec- 
tions of the church-going people of Philadelphia, and about 100 
of its edifices are scattered within its limits. The denomination has 
been established in the city since 1695, although the first regular con- 
gregation was not formed until three years later. This congregation 
is known as the 

First Church, anrl is located at the northwest corner of Broad and 
Arch streets, in an ini])osing brownstone church with a steeple of 
the same material. Tlie Rev. (leorgc Dana Boardman, 1). I)., one 
of tlie most jjowerful preachers of the denomination, is its pastor. 

Fifth. — Northwest corner iSth and Spring (larden streets. This 

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is another old church, it having been founded in iSii, and now has 
for its pastor the Rev. W. T. Chase, a popular preacher. The 
church is of brownstone and is built in the Gtjthic style of archi- 
tecture. 

Tabernacle. — Chestnut and 17th streets. This is one of the 
attractive churches of the city, having a semi-circular portico of red 
sandstone pillars, and is striking in its general architecture. The 
Rev. George E. Reese, D. D., is pastor. 

Memorial. — Northeast corner Broad and Master streets. A 
handsome church of greenstone with light stone trimmings. Its 
interior fittings are more than ordinarily handsome. The Rev. T. 
Edwin Brown, D. D., a popular speaker, is pastor. 

Grace. — Broad and Berks streets. This is probably the hand- 
somest church of the denomination in the city. It is of light stone 
mixed Gothic, and with elegant interior fittings and fm-nishings. It 
IS ordinarily known as the Temple Bajjtist. Its pastor, the Rev. 
Russell H. Conwell, k). D.,is a pulpit orator and stage lecturer of 
national reputation. 

Other Noted Churches of the Baptist denomination having 
popular clergymen in charge, are; 

East, Hanover and Girard Ave., Rev. C. H. Woolston. 
Fourth, Fifth and Buttonwood, Rev. John B. G. Pidge, D. D. 
GeihsemcDic, Columbia Ave. and iSth, Rev. Byron A. Woods, \). D. 
Mantua, 40th and Fairmont Ave., Rev. J. G. Walker, D. D. 
Ro.\I)oroui^/i, Ridge Ave. near Lvceum, Rev. J. W. Willmarth, 
1). D., LL. I"). 

St'cond, Seventh Street below Girard Ave., Rev. J. Gordon, D. D. 

Congregational. 

There are but six Congregational churches in the city, and but 
one has anv fame outside the locality in which it is situated. This 
church is known as the Centra/, I'^th and Green streets. It is a 
Gothic church, and it, with several smaller religicms edifices grouped 
about it, renders the whole striking and attractive. The pastor is the 
Rev. Charles II. Richards, D. D. 

Disciples of Christ. 

This organization numbers also six churches. Chief among these 
is the 

First Church. — Berks and Mervine streets. This congregation 



10M //.'lynv (UWDF. TO piiiladiu.phia. 

i>i.Lii])it-s a jiii-U\- ami ecjinmodious edifice and has as its jiastor the 
Rev. Allan H. Philputt, an eloquent and learned preacher. 

Friends. 

The Society of Friends is very strong in Philadelphia and has a 
number of large meeting-houses in different parts of the city. All of 
the ministers, without exception, when the spirit moves them to 
speak, are eloquent to a rare degree, and the sentences as they flow 
from the lips are pregnant with poetic thought. The meeting- 
houses are severely plain, and this characteristic, together with their 
surroundings of venerable trees and large yards, give the visitor the 
impression he is in the country amid the fields and meadows, far 
from the " madding crowd." 

Fourth and Arch. — This meeting-house is the oldest in the city. 
The grountl was given by William Pcnn for a graveyard, and thou- 
sands of bodies are buried there. 'J'he present meeting-house was 
erected in 1804. 

Oerinaii 1{<'1'<h'iik'<I. 

Among the English German-Reformed churches, Christ, on 
Green, below i6th. Rev. James Crawford, D. D.; and the First, 
loth and Wallace, Rev. John H. Seehler, D. D., are perhaps best 
known. 

fJewisli. 

Ten Jewish congregations have tabernacles in Philadelphia, and 
all are large and flourishing. 

Mikve Israel. — This is the oldest congregation of the Jewish faith, 
and it occupies a commodious building on vSeventh .Street near Arch. 
It was organized in 1747. The Rabbi is the Rev. S. Morals, I>L. D., 
one of the greatest Hebrew scholars living. 

Keneseth Israel. — Broad vStreet and Columbia Avenue. This is 
in some respects the most noted in Philadelphia, because of the fame 
of the Rabbi, the Rev. 1 )r. Joseph Krauskopf. Wherever the 
oppressed are, there the name of Doctor Krauskopf is known and 
blessed. y\mong the lews in Russia his name is a household word, 
loved and revered. On a recent visit to that country the Rev. Dr. 
Krauskopf was received with honor by the Russian officials and 
accorded every opportunity to pursue his benevolent work. In Phila- 
delphia he is at the head of many prominent reforms for the benefit 
of the ])oor and sulTering. As a s]X"aker he is jiowerful and magnetic. 



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Rodeph Shalom. — Broad and Mount Vernon streets. This is the 
most striking church edifice in the city; built m the Moorish style of 
architecture it forms a conspicuous object iox squares about it. 

Lutlieraii. 

The Lutheran denomination is among the oldest in Philadelphia, 
dating its beginning as early as 163S, considerably before the arrival 
of William Penn. It was not, however, in full formation until the 
arrival of Henry IMelchior Muhlenberg in 1742. There are at present 
about three dozen churches in the city. Of the various Lutheran 
congregations the one occupying the handsomest structure is that 
of the 

Holy Communion. — Southwest corner Broad and Arch streets. 
It is one of the finest churches in the city, and is of a peculiar castel- 
lated style of architecture and built of greenstone. The interior is 
richly fitted up and the whole church cost over $200,000. The minis- 
ter is the Rev. Joseph A. Seiss, D. D., LL. I)., a well-known divine. 

St. Johannes. — (German Lutheran) 15th and Race streets. Is a 
neat Gothic edifice of brick. The Rev. A. Spaeth, D. D.. a forcible 
and popular speaker, is minister. 

St. John. — (English Lutheran) Race Street, below .Si.xth. An 
elegant and solid brick edifice having the Rev. Edward E. vSibole as 
pastor. 

Metliodiist Episcopal. 

There are in all over 100 Methodist churches in Philadelphia, the 
greater number of which are plain structures in accord with the sim- 
ple doctrines of the denomination. There are, however, some nota- 
ble exceptions, the most conspicuous among which are the Arch 
Street and Grace churches. 

St. Gecrge. — Fourth Street, below New. This is the oldest 
INIethodist church in the city, having been built about 1770. 

Arch Street. — Southwest corner Broad and Arch streets. This 
church is built of \\liite marble, and, like so many other edifices of a 
similar character, is of the Gothic style of architecture. 

Grace. — P.road and Master streets. This church resembles the 
preceding in general design, and is decorated in a costly manner. 

Spring Garden. — Twentieth and Spring Gai'den streets. The 
Spring Garden Church is a plain, early English Gothic style, without 
any of the usual ornamentations, and is built of brownstone, with a 



no HANDY Gi'IDE 7\1 PHILADELPHIA. 

tower at one corner. The Rev. George Elliott, I>. D.,one of the 
popular Methodist divines, is now located there. 

Other Popular Churches. — Among the Methodist churches in 
which well-known preachers are located are the 

Kensington. — Marlborough and Richmond, Rev. W. C. Webb. 

Park A7'cniii\ — Park Ave. and Norris, Rev. J. A. Jil. Chapman, 
D. 1). 

Seventh Street. — Seventh and Norris, Rev. J. R. Westwood. 

Moravian. 

There are but four ^Moravian chtnx'hes in the city, located as fol- 
lows ; 

First, Fairmount Ave., below 17th. 

Second, Southeast corner Franklin and Thompson. 

T/iird, Kensington Ave., below Venango. 

Fifth, German town Ave., above Dauphin. 

The Moravian Chui'ch is noted for the sweetness of the music 
rendered, especially at Easter and Christmas. 

Mormon. 

The only ^lormon congregation in the city is at 1325 Columbia 
Avenue. It is anti-jiolygamous, and is known as the Reorganized 
Church of Jesus Christ. 

Pr<'.sl).vtcrians. 

More than loo churches of various shades of (his denomination 
are located in the citv. Among the most prominent arc: 

First. — Seventh and Locust streets. This congregation has the 
honor of being the first organized in Pennsjdvania. It had its 
Ijcginning in i()<>8. It occupied various quarters until it built its 
present Ionic structure in 1822. Its pastor is the Rev. (t. D. Baker, 
I). I)., a popular preacher. 

Second. — Twentv-hrst and Walnut streets. This celebrated 
church had its origin in 1743, and was a s[)lit-o(T from the First, 
through the preacliing of the eloquent itinerant (icorgc Whitefield. 
Like the parent congregation, it occupied a number of locations 
until it settled in its present splendid house, wliich is constructed 
of granite, ])rownstone, rcdstone, l:)luestoiic, ser2)entine, and drab- 
colored sandstone. Few churches in tlii' city are richer in tracery, 
arabesques, texts, and mottoes. Its pulpit is a splendid work of art, 
and its organ one of the finest in Philadelphia. Its pastor, the 



CHURCHES. Ill 

Rev. John S. Macintosh, D. D., is one of the most noted Presby- 
terian divines in the country. 

Bethany. — Twenty-second and Bainljridge streets. Bethany is 
one of the largest churches of anj' of the Protestant denominations 
in the city. It can seat 2,000 persons with ease, and it is frequently 
filled with worshipers. Its Sunday-school is still larger, and more 
than 2,000 scholars are enrolled on its books. It is at this church 
that John Wanamaker worships, and this Sunday-school that he is 
stiperintendent of. It has also a noted pastor in the person of the 
Rev. Charles A. Dickey, D. D. 

West Arch. — Eighteenth and Arch streets. It is claimed by 
many that this is the finest church edifice in the city. It is of the 
Corinthian style of architecture, with a magnificent portico and a 
central dome 170 feet high. The Rev. Mervin J. Eckels is pastor. 

Other Churches. — Other churches of the Presbyterian denomina- 
tion having well-known preachers are the 

Bcthlchoii, Broad and Diamond, Rev. B. L. Agnew, D. D. 

Cali'ai-y, Locust, near 15th, Rev. J. Sparhawk, D. I). 

Central .Broad St. and Fairmount Ave., Rev. J. H. Munro, 
D. D. 

Chambers, Rev. Thomas A. Hoyt, D. D. (of wide reputation). 

Holland Memorial , southeast corner Broad and Federal, Rev. 
William Paden. 

Mac Dowel I Memorial , 21st St. and Columbia Ave., Rev. J. L. 
Scott, I). D. 

Memorial, iSth St. and Montgomery Ave., Rev. S. A. Mutch- 
more, D. D. 

North Broad, Broad and Green, Rev. Chas. Wadsworth, Jr. 

Nortltniinster, 35tli and Baring, Rev. R. H. Fulton, D. D. 

OliTet, 22d and Mount Vernon, Rev. L. Y. Graham, D. D. 

Oxford, Broad and Oxford, Rev. Paul F. Stephen, D. D. 

Princeton, Saunders .St. and Powelton Ave., Rev. T. A. Henrv, 
D. D. 

Tabernacle, 37th and Chestnut, Rev. Henry C. McCook, D. D. 

Walnut Street, Walnut, west of y)th.. Rev. Stephen W. Dana, 
D. D. 

liyiie Memorial, Broad, near Spruce, Rev. W. J. Wylie, D. D. 

Protestant Episcopal. 

Of the churches in Philadelphia the Protestant Episcopal denomi- 
nation owns nearly one-seventh of the whole. The oldest is the Old 
Swedes Church at Front and Christian streets, and among the most 
fashionable are St. Marks, Locust and i6th streets; St. James, 22d and 



113 I/AXDY GUIDE TO P III LADKI.PII lA . 

Walnut streets; Holv Trinity, Kjtli and Walnut streets. Next to the 
Old Swedes, the two churches having the greatest historical interest 
are Christ Church, vSccond Street, above Market; and St. Peters, at 
Third and Pine streets. Among the High churches is St. Clements 
at 2oth and Cherry streets; and another, of the Protestant Episcopal 
denomination, which draws large congregations on Sunday is St. 
Stephens, loth Street, above Chestnut. Prominent among the 
churches of this denomination having rectors 'who are popular and 
eloquent speakers are ; 

Atoju-iiicnt , 17th and Summer, Rev. I. Newton Stanger, D. I). 

Cal-i'ary, ]\Ianheim St., Ciermantown, Rev. J. DeWolf Pervy, \). D. 

C/ir/s/, Tulpehocken vSt., Germantown, Rev. J. B. Falkner, D. D. 

Epiphany, 15th and Chestnut, Rev. T. A. Tidball, D. D. 

Holy .Iposilcs, 21st and Christian, Rev. H. S. Getz. 

/in'armi/ioti. Broad and Jefferson. 

Mediator, 19th and Lombard, Rev. S. E. Appleton, D. D. 

Sai'ior, 38th, above Chestnut, Rev. Wm. B. Bodivc, D. \). 

St. Andrew, Eighth, above Spruce, Rev. W. F. Paddock, D. D. 

.S7. Luke, 13th and Spruce, Rev. L. Bradley. 

^SV. Mark, Locust, above i6th. Rev. A. G. ]\Iortimer, I). D. 

St. Mary, Locu.st, at 39th, Rev. T. C. Yarnall, D. D. 

St. Matthews, 19th and Wallace, Rev. R. A. Edwards, D. D. 

.S7. Paul, Chestnut Hill, Rev. J. A. Harris, D. D. 

Transfiv;uration, 34th and Walnut, Rev. Sidney Corbett, D. D. 

All of these churches are fine specimens of architecture, And all 
have elaborate and elegantly decorated and furnished interiors. 

Old Swedes. — Old Swedes Church, as it is generally called, or 
Church of the <iloria Dei, as it is legally known, is the oldest in the 
city, and until 1S43 belonged to the communion of the Swedish 
Lutheran Church, and for 130 years was under the charge of minis- 
ters sent from Sweden. The edifice now standing was begun May 
2.S, 1698, and dedicated July 2, 1700. Among the dead in the 
venerable churchyard surrounding the sacred edifice are the re- 
mains of Alexander Wilson, the celebrated naturalist. 

Christ Church.— Second Street, above Market. This historical 
churcli occui)ies the site of a frame building erected in 161)5. A por- 
tion of the i)rcsent edifice was built in 1727, and the remainder was 
erected at various intervals. In this church President Washington 
worshipc'd, and his ])c\v still remains and is shown. Presidenl 
Adams also was a worshiiuM- here, and P.cnjumin i'^ranklin had a 
pew in this church for many years. John I'enn, one of the former 
proprietors of Pennsylvania, was buried in the place in 1795, and a 



CHURCHES. 113 

tablet to liis memory yet remains, although the body was removed 
to England some years ago. Other great patriots of the Revolution 
are interred in the adjacent ground or under the floors of the church. 
Some of the communion service in use was joresented to the church 
by Queen Anne, in 170S. 

St. Peter's, Third and Pine streets, is another remarkable 
church of this denomination. It was commenced in 175S and com- 
pleted three years later. The building, both as to its exterior and 
interior arrangements, is kept as nearly as possible in the original 
state. In the churchyard repose the remains of Commodore Decatur. 

St. Paul's, Third Street, below Walnut, is within a few months 
of l:)eing as old as the preceding. The edifice now standing is the 
original one, although the interior is greatly altered. Edwin Forrest 
is buried in one of the vaults of the church. 

St. James', northwest corner 22d and Walnut streets, is one 
of the wealthiest Protestant Episcopal churches in the city. Its 
liuilding is of the Gothic style of architecture, of stone of different 
colors, and the interior is fitted up with rich decorations. The Rev. 
Joseph X. Blanchard, one of the celebrated divines of the city, is rector. 

Holy Trinity. — Nineteenth and Walnut streets. This is another 
very wealthy congregation, and has for its rector the Rev. William 
N. McVickar, one of the most distinguished Protestant Episcopal 
clergymen in the countr}-. The building is a massive brownstone 
structure of the Gothic stjde, and the interior is imposing to a 
marked degree. 

St. Stephen. — Fourth Street, above Chestnut. This church is of 
a peculiar style of architecture, with two high octagonal towers front- 
ing it. The interior is finished in the Gothic style, and on the north- 
ern side is a small chapel in which is the Burd Monument, consist- 
ing of three figures in pure white marble, erected by Edward Shipjien 
Burd in memory of his family. The rector of the church is the Rev. 
Dr. S. D. McConnell, a popular preacher. 

Kefornied Episcopal. 

There are three churches among the Reformed Episcopal which 
have reputations beyond their fellows; these are: Christ Memorial, 
northeast corner Chestnut and 43d streets, Rev. Wm. Tracy, D. D.; 
Our Redeemer y i6th and Oxford streets, Rev. H. S. Hoffman, D. D.; 
and St. Paul, Chestnut Street, above 21st, Bishop W. R. Nicholson, 
D. D. 
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114 HANDY GUIDE TO PH ILADELmiA. 

Kel'oriuod Presbyterian. 

Among the Reformed Presbyterians, the noted churches are: 
Fotirth, 19th and Catharine streets, Rev. David vSteelc, D. I).; and 
First CIntrcJi of f/w Co7'r)i(r!!ffrs (Synod), lytli and Bainbridge 
streets, Rev. T. P. Stevenson, D. D. 

Iloniaii Catholic. 

There are sixty-four Roman Catholic chmx'hes in PhiUidelphia, 
and all the churches are commodious and have large congregations. 
Several have considerable historical interest. 

St. Joseph's. — Willings Alley, below lM)urth Street. < )n this site 
was built the first Roman Catholic church in Pennsylvania, by a 
member of the Society of Jesus, \vho came from Maryland, in 1731, 
for that purpose. The present structure was consecrated in 1S39. 
The rector is the Rev. John Scully, vS. J. 

St. Mary. — Fourth Street, near Spruce. This church was the 
second of the kind erected in Philadelphia. The present building, 
not quite so large as n(nv, was consecrated in i7r)3, and for many 
years, beginning with iSio, it was the Cathedral Church. The rector 
is the Very Rev. D. I. McDermott, D. I). 

St. Augustine. — Fourth vStreet, below Vine. vSt. Augustine 
Church has had an eventful histor}'. Built in iSoi, under the 
direction of hermits of the Order of St. Augustine, it had over 
the altar Rush's great work, sculptured in wood, of the crucifixion. 
In 1S26 a cupola was built to the church, and possession was gained 
for tlie clock of the old State House bell which belonged to Pennsyl- 
vania in Colonial times. When the anti-catholic riots broke out in 
Philadelphia in 1844, the anger of the mob was directed especially 
against this church, and on May Sth was destroyed by it with fire. 
The present edifice was built two years later. 

Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. — Eighteenth Street, 
between Race and Vine streets. The Cathedral of the Roman 
Catholic church in Philadelphia is a conspicuous object for many 
squares, and from the higher points may be seen several miles away. 
Surmounting the Cathedral is a huge dome, 51 feet in diameter and 
156 feet above the pavement. The interior of the Cathedral is cruci- 
form and designed in the most elaborate Roman-Corinthian style. 
The pavement is of marble, and the light is all received from above. 
Over the grand altar is a painting of the Crucifixion, by Constantine 



CHURCHES. 115 

Bniinidi, and is one of the finest works of art in the city. The 
corner-stone of the building was laid September 6, 1S46, and services 
were first held in it on Easter Sunday, 1863, but it was not dedicated 
until November 20, 1S64. The Most Rev. P. J. Ryan, D. D., is the 
archbishop. 

Other Notable Churches. — Other notable churches having promi- 
nent Roman Catholic clergymen are: 

Gcsti, iSth and Stiles, Rev. P. J. Dooley, S. J. 

Saot-d Ill-art of Jrsus, Third below Reed, Rev. John J. Ward. 

.S7. ElizabctJi, "southeast corner 23d and Berks, Rev. Bernard 
Dornhege. 

.S7. fames the Greater, 3Sth and Chestnut, Rev. P. J. Garvey, D. D. 

St.' fo/m the Eruxuii-elist , Rev. P. R. O'Reilly. 

Sf.'Patr/ek, 20th and Locust, Rev. William Kicrnan, 1). 1). 

.S7. Peters, Fifth and Girard Ave., Very Rev. Fid. Speidel, 
C. S. S. R. 

.sy. Philip tie Xeri, Queen above Second, Rt. Rev. Mgr. Nicholas 
Cantwell, V. G. 

-Sy. Teresa, Broad and Catharine, Rev. Hugh Lane. 

.S7. Vineent de Paul, Price Street, Germantown, Rev. J. J. V. 
Talley, C. M. 

Swedonborgians. 

The Swedenborgians, although they originated in this city through 
the preaching of the Rev. Manning B. Roche, have but two churches, 
both of which are handsome and commodious. These are the 

First. — Chestnut and 22d. 

Fraiilxford. — Paul and Unity. 

Unitjiriaii. 

This denomination while it has not the strength in Philadelphia 
it has in Boston, has yet a large following and supports three large 
and wcaltliy congregations. The most noted of these is the 

First Church. — Chestnut and Aspen, near 21st. For more than 
fifty years this congregation was presided over by the greatly 
beloved and scholarly Rev. Dr. Furness, who even yet, despite his 
great age, occasionally fills the pulpit. A worthy successor, the 
Rev. Joseph May, LL. D., is in regular charge. 

Universalist. 

There are but two churches of this denomination in Philadelphia, 
but both have flourishing congregations. One of these two, the 
Church of the Restoration, is a handsome building at Master 

and 17th streets. The other is the 



ih; ha jV /) y c I '//)/■: lo riliLADELrniA. 

Church of the Messiah, at Ih-oad Street and IMonti^omery Avenue. 
Tile pastor is the Rev. Edwin C. Sweetscr, 1). 1)., a divine who 
achieved nmeh popuUirit}^ as a si)eakcr in other cities bcfesre being 
called to his present charge. 

Doiioniiimtioiial Societies uihI Missions. 

Among the denominational and undenominational missions and 
societies the following are conspicuous: 

Presbyterian Board of Publication. — 1334 Chestnut Street. Organ- 
ized in 1S3S, it now occupies a beautiful Gothic structure with front 
of New Hampshire granite, with columns of colored and polished 
Aberdeen granite. From here the pul)lications of the denomination 
are issued and much of its business transacted. 

American Sunday-School Union. — 1 r.:2 Chestnut Street. This 
society was instituted in JNlay, 1S24, and is ii combination of local 
associations for the eucourai:,cment and iissistance of Sunday-schools. 
Hundreds of thousands of volumes have been printed and put in 
circulation by this union. 

American Baptist Publication Society. — 1420 Chestnut Street. 
This society (occupies an elegant white marble structure in which 
not only the publication of Baptist literature is carried on, but is 
used for convocations of ministers and other purposes. 

Pennsylvania Bible Society. — Seventh and Walnut j^treets. This 
is the oldest association for distriljution of the scriptures in America. 
It wa.s instituted in iSoS. During its existence it has gratuitously 
distributed or sold over 5,000,000 copies of the l)il)le. 

Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers and 
Orphans of Deceased Ministers. — 1334 Chestnut vStreet. This 
association is believed to be one of the oldest annuity companies in 
tile world, and is certainly the lirst in this country. It was founded 
JMay 24, 1754. A chailer was granted it by the Penns, in May, 1760. 

Protestant Episcopal Corporation for the Relief of Widows and 
Children of Clergymen. — 70S Walnut .Street. This organization was 
formed soon after that of the Presbyterian church. Its charter was 
granted by John Penn, February 7, 176';. 

Bciiovoleiit, CliarHablo, jiiid irinuaiie Institutions. 

American Anti-Vivisection Society. — iiS South i7tli Street. The 
object of this society is the total abolition of all vivi.sectional experi- 
ments on animals and other e.xi^criments of a painful character. 



RELIGIOUS AXD BENEVOLENI WORK. 117 

Bedford Street Mission. — 617 and 621 Alaska Suvd. ()r-aiii/.c(l 
1853 to prevent pestilence ami spread of epidemics l)y furnishin;^- the 
means of cleanliness for persons and premises, and to edneate the 
yonng in habits of industry, morality, and relitz,ion. ICntertainments 
are furnished at the Mission building. 

Sick Diet Kitchens.— 411 vSpruce, 134S Mascher, 1719 South Ninth, 
76S South Kjth, and 2039 .Summer streets. The diet kitchens are under 
the Protestant Episcopal City Mission, and were tirst organized in 
November, 1S75. These furnish, to the invalid poor, delicate and 
nutritious food, which is otherwise hopelessly beyond their reach. In 
1S94 about 50,000 meals were dispensed. 

Central Soup Society. — 709 and 71 1 Cherry Street. Incorporated 
March 4, 1S61, for the purpose of furnishing the poor with soup and 
bread. Another organization of this character, founded in 1S37, is 
located at 1615 South Street. 

Children's Aid Society.— 127 S(.)utli 12th Street. The principal 
object of this society is the boarding of dependent children in sepa- 
rate family homes; their removal from almshouses, and the training 
in private families of juvenile delinquents of tender years, who would 
otherwise be committed to penal institutions. TlKiusands of little 
ones have been rescued from almost certain infamy by the work of 
this aid society. 

Children's Country Week Association. — There are few nobler 
charities in Philadelphia than this one, or which is held in higher 
popular esteem. Its purposes are; To enable poor children and poor 
adult invalids of the city to spend a part of the warm months in the 
country; to provide free excursions for the jwor of the city, and to 
secure permanent country homes for the eitj^'s poor. The active work 
of the association is carried on during the months of July and August, 
and many thousand dollars are expended during these months annu- 
ally. Hundreds of little ones are taken every Monday to certain 
places in the country, and brought bacl^ two weeks later. Each child 
is carefully tagged and directed to special farm-houses for that period, 
and their board paid, by the association. It is a sight long to be 
remembered to watch the long procession of white-faced, yet expect- 
ant, little ones being marched to the train, when their time of outing 
arrives, and one feels that the association is indeed doing a blessed 
work when those same children return brown-faced and healthy-look- 
ing from their outing. It is one of the most disinterested charities in 
the city, since not an ofiicer or member of the Country Week Associa- 
tion receives a cent of compensation for their work. 



118 HANDY GUI DP. TO PinLADELPniA. 

Children's Sea Shore House, Etc. — This institute is the first of 
the kind in the United States, and the headquarters of its secretary, 
Mr. Frank K. Hippie, is 1340 Chestnut Street. Although pureh^ a Phil- 
adelphia charity, its building is at Atlantic City. Here poor children 
suffering from non-contagi(ms diseases are cared for by competent 
nurses. Besides the main building, the society has erected a number 
of little cottages close to the beach, in each of which a mother is 
given room to care for her sick infant. She may also have one or 
more other children with her, and have for herself and them the 
exclusive use of the cottage. 

Day Nurseries. — The Day Nurseries are for the purpose of 
receiving and caring for children of poor, industrious working women 
whose employment calls them from their homes during the day. 
These cccq located at 1S26 Federal, 221S Loml)ard, 1008 North Fifth, 
427 Pine, and 302 North i6th streets. 

French Benevolent Society. — Founded 1793. 106 Walnut Street. 
Object — to aid, by counsels and also by pecuniary and other lawful 
means, all persons of French extraction, as well as widows and 
children of Frenchmen who have been reduced to want by mis- 
fortune. 

Friedlander Union. — 310 North Fourth Street. Instituted in 1S71. 
Object — to care for the blind when sick, and to bury them when dead. 

Law and Order Society. — 920 Walnut Street. To enforce laws 
and uphold decency and good order in the community, particu- 
larly those regarding Sunday observances and the sale of liquor. 

Mercantile Beneficial Association. — 400 Chestnut Street. Insti- 
tuted April 29, 1S42, for the purpose of relieving such of its mem- 
bers as may be in want from sickness, loss of employment, or other 
misfortune. The identity of the beneficiaries is kept secret. 

Mercer Memorial House. — Pacific and Ohio avenues, Atlantic 
City. Organized and managed by Philadelphians, to provide a place 
in which invalid women of moderate means can have not only the 
comforts of a liome, but also be cared for by a physician. 

Merchants' Fund. — 400 Chestnut Street. Founded in 1S54, to 
relieve those merchants who are reduced to indigence by misfortune 
or sickness. They are aided privately. Eighteen thousand dollars 
was distributed in this way in 1894. 

Midnight Mission. — 919 Locust Street. Country home. East Wal- 
nut Lane, ( "icrniantown. Organized February i, 1 868, for the pur- 
pose of the rescue and reformation of fallen women, olTering them a 



RELIGIOUS AND BENE VOLE XT WORK. 119 

refuge in its two homes, where they are taught industrial pursuits 
until fitted to earn a reputable living, when they are cither restored 
to their families or provided with employment. 

Northern Association. — 702 Green Street. Organized in 1844, for 
the relief and employment of poor women. Here the aged and infirm 
of all denominations, if found worthy, are furnished with sewing 
adapted to their abilities, and recompensed therefor. 

Prison Society. — 1705 Chestnut Street. Instituted in 1787. The 
members visit prisoners and endeavor to surround them with hopeful 
and religious influences, and afTord advice and aid. They also 
clothe and enable liberated convicts to reach a distant home, or to 
procure emploj'ment in the city or vicinity. 

Seamen's Friend Society. — 422 .South Front Street. Founded 
in 1S43, to provide libraries on lioard vessels, to furnish a reading 
room on shore, and a home for shipwrecked or indigent sailors. 

Sheltering Arms, — 717 Franklin Street. This charity has for its 
objects to care for in extremity every mother with a young child who 
may have gone astray through temptation, but not through vicious- 
ness; to care for babies made orphans by abandonment; and to 
afford temporary relief to deserted wives or to a motherless baby, 
until the father can make arrangements to have it cared for. 

Sunday Breakfast Association. — 12th Street, above Race. Organ- 
ized November 6, 1878, for the promotion of Christianity and temper- 
ance, and the amelioration of the condition of the poor, by giving a 
free breakfast on Sunday morning. 

Temporary Home Association. — S05 North Sixth Street. Incor- 
porated January 29, 1SS2, to secure from frauds and impositions a 
class of persons whose homeless condition exposes them to the arts 
of the vicious and designing; to provide a safe shelter or transient 
boarding house for females out of employment, and to provide a 
temporary asylum for destitute children until permanent homes can 
be provided for them. 

Women's Directory. — 238 South loth Street. Organized January, 
1S93, and called into existence to offer sisterly sympathy and practi- 
cal assistance to deserted mothers, and to young women who, 
through their own error, or bad influence or criminality of others, 
are in the perplexity and distress of unmarried motherhood; to care 
for their offspring, and for infants abandoned by their mothers. 

Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis, — S06 Walnut Street. 
Formed to prevent the spread of consumption by promulgating the 



120 HANDY crrnr. to piiila Delphi a. 

doctrine of its conta;^iousness, by instructing the public in practical 
methods uf avoidance and prevention, by visiting the consumptive 
])oor and supplying them with the necessai'y materials with which to 
protect themselves against the disease, by furnishing the consump- 
tive poor with hospital treatment, and by cooperating with the 
Board of Health. 

Union Benevolent Association. — iiS vSouth Seventh Street. 
Organized 1831 for the encouragement of industrv, the suppression 
of pauperism, and the relief of suffering among the worth}' i^oor. 
This organization has during its existence visited about 400,000 
families in distress, furnished help to nearly half a million j^eople, 
and distributed more than §1,000,000. The society conducts a store 
at 202 South I ith Street for the employment of needy sewing women. 

Visiting Nurse Society.— 1340 Lombard Street. Established to 
provide nurses for all non-contagious cases of illness, and to supply 
comforts for the sick and clothing for infants. 

Western Temporary Home. — 35 North 40th vStreet. The object 
of this home is to provide temporary shelter and protection for desti- 
tute children, also convalescents leaving hospitals are cared for until 
the wcmien are able to work and the children provided with homes. 

Women's Branch Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. — 
iiS South 17th Street. Organized April 14, iS6g. 

Women's Christian Association. — iSth and Arch streets. To 
provide work for self-supporting women; to provide a boarding home 
f(;r girls receiving not more than $6 a week, and under twenty-live 
years of age, at $3 and $3.50 a week. This organization owns a 
beautiful and many-storied building at the southwest corner of iSth 
and Arch streets, and in it nearlvall the work is done l)y women. A 
free library, a free employment agency, classes in various sorts of 
instruction, etc., are maintained in the building. A cottage is 
owned at Asbury Park, N. J., and a home at Bristol is supported. 

Young American Humane Union. — 916 Spruce .Street. Estab- 
lished in 1S74, and unites boys and girls, as well as older persons, in 
two branches, "The Boys Society " and "The Band of 2\Iercy." 
Tlie object of the organization is to promote kindness to all living 
creatures, and its wf)rk is the furtherance of humane education. It 
has a library free, dailv, from 12.00 to 2.00 r. m. and from 4.00 until 
0.00 J), ni., on week days, and all day on Saturday. 

Young Men's Christian Association. — 15th and Chestnut streets. 
This society owns a l.)eautiful building for the fm-lhcrance of its 



KELIGW['S AXD BEXEVOLENT WORK 121 

weil-kiiowu and ;4Tancl objects. It has the following- Ijranches in the 
eitv: 1.S5.S Frankford Avenue; 151S Columbia Avenue; 40th Street and 
I'owelton Avenue; 12th and Lombard streets; 4344 Frankford 
Avenue; 3607 Ilaverford .Street (Pennsylvania Railroad Department); 
12th Street and Girard Avenue ; Philadelphia & Reading Railroad 
Department; Haddington; University of Pennsylvania; Hahnemann 
College; Medico-Chirurgical and Pennsjdvania Dental Colleges. 

Young Women's Union. — Hebrew. 230 Pine Street. This 
institution supports a shelter, day nursery, kindergarten, and house- 
hold school, and is directed entirely by young women. 

Church Training and Deaconess House. — 70S Spruce Street. 
To provide a systematic course of study and training for \v(jmen who 
Avish to fit themselves for effective service in j^arochial (.)r missionary 
work. 

Home Missionary Society. — 533 Arch Street. Applicants for 
aid, without regard to creed or color, are visited, and food, clothing, 
and fuel given in all deserving cases ; counsel, encouragement, and 
employment are offered ; the sick are visited and relieved ; and 
destitute and friendless children are eared for in country families 
and taught useful trades. 

Home Teaching for the Blind. — 701 "Walnut Street. The poor 
adult blind who can not enter institutions are taught to read at their 
homes, free of charge. 

Magdalene Society. — 213 North 21st Street. This is among the 
oldest institutions of the kind in this country, having been organized 
in 1799, to rescue female outcasts, who, without a helping hand, 
would probably plunge into the lowest depths of infamy and disgrace. 
When an unfortunate is brought within the folds of this institution 
she is retained, if possible, until after a sufficient time has elapsed 
for breaking off old associations, when a home is provided or the 
woman is restored to her family. 

Fountain Society. — 13 Bank Street. Organized April 21, 1S69, 
f(jr the erection and maintenance of public drinking fountains for the 
health and refreshment of the people,' and for the benefit of dumb 
animals. This society has erected more than sixty such fountains m 
different parts of the city. 

Post Graduate School of Homoeopathic and Free Dispensary. — 
131 7 Ridge Avenue. Opened January 24, 1S91. Gratuitous ser- 
\-ices are given the ptjor, and free prescriptions and medicines are 
furnished. 



122 HANDY GUIDE TO FIIfLADELrH/A. 

Society for Organizing Charity. — 1705 Chestnut Street. Organ- 
ized in 1S78. The mayor of Philadelphia is ex-officio president of this 
society, which has the following branches in the city: 1015 South 
Sixth vStreet, 33S (Irisconi Street, 309 Branch Street, 15 10 Lombard 
Street, 1534 Sanr. )m Street, 206 North 12th Street, S17 North 
Fourth Street, 2038 Brandywine Street, 78 Laurel vStreet, 1953 North 
Second .Street, northwest corner 12th Street and Columbia Avenue, 
3430 Ridge Avenue, 8 Harvey vStreet (Germantown), 4661 Penn Street 
(Frankford), 4018 Powelton Avenue, 2035 Christian Street, 1953 North 
.Second Street. The objects of this society are to improve the 
condition of the poor, and to protect the community from imposture. 
The rules require that applicants for relief shall go to the nearest 
branch, and that begging letters be sent to the central office. 

Sabbath Association. — 1224 Chestnut Street, histituted in 1840, 
for the object of saving the Sabbath irova desecration. The work 
is carried on by means of sermons, tracts, public meetings, and 
personal appeals. 

Sanitarium Association.— President George D. McCreary; Secre- 
tary Eugene Wiley, 330 Reed Street; Treasurer Edward H. Rowley, 
iS North Front Street. Buildings of the association, Red Bank, on 
the Delaware. (See "A Trip Down the River," in Chapter VL) 
The Sanitarium Association is regarded by Philadelphians with 
the same love and reverence that is bestowed on the Children's 
Country Week Association and the Children's Country Week 
Society, and many thousand dollars are contributed annually to 
further its noble work. It maintains, in its health-giving resort 
at Red Bank during the warm months, on an average of over 2,000 
poor children daily, and about 200,000 persons annually. Every 
dollar contributed by the benevolent and generous goes directly 
for the benefit of the little ones cared for, as there are no salaries 
paid, except to the nurses and physicians having direct charge of 
the children. 

Hoint's and Institutions. 

Bethesda Children's Home.— Willow Grove Avenue, near Wynd- 
moor Station, Chestnut Hill. Founded about thirty-five years ago, 
to provide for orphan and homeless children. It is supported 
by voluntary contributions and is non-sectarian. The grounds are 
part of an old cedar grove, and the little ones are comfortably 
housed in several architecturally-pretty buildings. 



RELIGIOUS AXD BENEVOLENT WORK. 123 

Church Home for Children. — Baltimore Avenue and Filbert 
Street, Angora Station, West Chester Branch Pennsylvania Railroad. 
This home was organized in 185^1, for the maintenance and education 
of orphan and destitute white children. The present building was 
opened May 15, 1S93, and can accommodate 125 children. Girls ai'e 
admitted between the ages of four and nine years, and are trained 
for domestic service. While children of all creeds are received, they 
are trained in the faith of the Protestant Episcopal church. 

Evangelical Home for the Aged. — Northwest corner Old Vork 
Road and Hunting Park Avenue, Nicetown. This cozy home is 
situated in a very healthy and pleasant part of the city, and opposite 
the beautiful Hunting Park. Both aged men and women are received 
and treated in a homelike manner. 

Foulke and Long Institute for Orphan Girls. — 34th Street, 
below Walnut. This institution is a home and industrial training 
school for orphan girls. Here are given a four-years' course of 
instruction, with graduations in June of each year. It does not 
place out children, but assists graduates in linding employment on 
leaving. 

Foster Home Association.— Poplar and 24th streets. Designed 
for the care of children over three years old, who from death or deser- 
tion have lost their home. 

Educational Home.— 4fjth Street and Greenway Avenue. Incor- 
porated November, 1S71, to act in connection with the Lincoln Insti- 
tution, and is now used for the care of destitute white boys, and as a 
training school for Indian boys. Visitors admitted daily after 12.00 
o'clock, except Sundays. 

Franklin Reformatory Home for Inebriates.— From 911 to 915 
Locust Street. The object of this Home is the thorough and perma- 
nent reformation of inebriates. There are combined in this institu- 
tion church privileges and home comforts. 

Friends Home for Children.— 401 1 Aspen Street. Organized 
loth month (October), 1S81, to provide shelter and to secure good 
private homes for orphan, neglected, and destitute children. While 
this institution is under the control of Members of the Society of 
Friends (Quakers), it is a non-sectarian institution. 

Ha3'-es' Mechanics' Home.— Belmont Avenue, adjoining Christ 
Church Hospital. This Home was established through the will of 
George Haj-es, as a "Retreat and Home for Aged and Infirm and 
Deserving American Mechanics." 



124 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Home for the Aged. — 1S09 Vernon Street. A non-sectarian 
institution incorporated in 18S8, as a place where the aged, whether 
male or female, or couples may find a pleasant home for the remain- 
der of their lives. The Home is supported wholly by voluntary con- 
tributions. 

Home for Aged Couples.— 1723 Francis Street. The object and 
purpose of this Home is the care and support of old and indigent 
couples (man and wife) of good moral character. This Home is non- 
sectarian. 

Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons. — Sovithwest cor- 
ner Belmont and Girard avenues. The object of this Home is the 
relief of that worthy class of colored persons who have endeavored to 
maintain themselves, but who, on reaching the age of sixty years or 
over, become dependent on the charity of others. An admission fee 
of $150 is charged. Under control of Members of the Society of 
Friends (Quakers). 

Home for Consumptive Women. — Chestnut Hill. This institu- 
tion gives free admission and care to consumptive women, whether 
white or colored, and is under the administration of the Protestant 
Episcopal church. 

Home of Mercy. — 411 Spruce Street. For the free reception of 
male consumptives, and is governed by the same rules as the 
Women's Home at Chestnut Hill. 

Home for Destitute Colored Children. — Berks Street and Old 
Lancaster Road, Park Station, Schuylkill Valley Division Pennsylva- 
nia Railroad. Arch Street cars to George's Hill. The object of this 
institution is to afford a home for destitute colored children, who, at 
a suitable age, are indentured to respectable families. Under the 
management of Meml)ers of the Society of Friends (Quakers). 

Home for Incurables. — 48th Street and Woodland Avenue. To 
provide a home for sufferers whose diseases are pronounced incurable. 
A cancer ward is maintained here. Open daily to visitors from 2.00 

to 5.01) I'. M. 

Home for the Homeless. — 70S Lombard Street. To provide a tem- 
porary refuge for women and children until more suitable arrange- 
ments can be made for them. 

Home for Infants. — 4()is Westminster Avenue. For the purpose 
of caring for infants too young to l)e admitted to other institutions. 
It is lum-sectarian. 

Mary J. Drexel Home. — 2100 South College Avenue, opposite 



The Zoological Garden 



(Fairmount Park.) 

One of the Great Gardens of the 'Worlcl. 




OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 9.00 A. M. UNTIL SUNSET. 

HDTWtlSSION • ^^ Cents for Adults: ID Cents for Children. On Saturday, 
* 10 Cents for Adults: 5 Cents for Children, 

SPECIAL RATES TO EARC.K EXCURSIONS. 
Reached by Pennsylvania Railroad and Street Car Lines. 



RELIGIOUS AXD BENEVOLENT IVORK. 125 

Girard College. This is, without exception, the handsomest institu- 
tion of the kind in Philadelphia. Architecturally it is without a 
superior anyw-here, and its interior is fully as beautiful as its exterior. 
The Home is the charitable act of Mr. John D. Lankenau as a 
memorial to his wife, Mary J. Drexel; his son, and his daughter. The 
full title of the institution is The Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadel- 
phia Motherhou.se of Deaconesses. It comprises four distinct depart- 
ments, namely, first : 

The Mofhcrhousc, or institute for the maintenance, religious 
instruction, and education of deaconesses who are members of the 
Lutheran Church. 

Old People' s Home , for the reception and support of well recom- 
mended, well behaved, perfectly sober and respectable aged couples, 
and aged single men and women of Crcrman birth or descent, of sixty 
years of age and upward, able to speak the German language and 
members of the Lutheran Church. 

Childreii s Hospital , open for the admission of children up to the 
age of thirteen years, irrespective of color, creed, or nationality. 

Girls' Boarding School, where pupils, boarders and day scholars, 
are admitted at the age of ten years.and a thorough education given 
in German, English, and French languages, and music and drawing. 
Scholars are charged for tuition. 

Kindergarten. — A kindergarten is also organized and in opera- 
tion. 

Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites. — Olney Road, near York 
Pike, Germantown. For aged and infirm Israelites. 

Home of the Merciful Saviour. — 4400 Baltimore Avenue, West 
Philadelphia. For the reception and care of crippled children, and 
where useful trades are taught. No fees for entrance or board. 

Home for Orphans of Odd Fellows. — 20th and Ontario streets. 
Tioga. The purpose of this Home is to support the orphans of Odd 
Fellows of Pennsylvania. It is composed of representatives of the 
Grand and Subordinate Lodges and Encampments of the State. 

Home for Training Speech of Deaf Children.— Belmont and Monu- 
ment avenues, West Philadelphia. For the purpose of teaching deaf 
children articulate speech. The Home is conducted on the college plan. 

House of St. Michael and All Angels. — 43d and Wallace streets, 
West Philadelphia. This institution is for the surgical treatment, 
and the mental, religious, and trade instruction of young colored 
cripples. 



126 HANDY GLIDE TO PIl ILADK I.P H [A . 

House of Rest for the Aged. — Wayne and Lafayette streets, 
Germantown. A home for aged women and eouples, communicants 
of the Protestant Episcopal church in the diocese of Pennsylvania 

Indigent Widows and Single Women's Asylum. — 3615 Chestnut 
Street. For aged and infirm Protestant women. 

Lincoln Institution. — 324 .South nth Street. A training school for 
Indian girls. Visitors admitted on Tuesdays. Well worth a visit. 

Northern Home for Friendless Children. — 23d and Brown 
streets. For the support and tuition of deserted, friendless, and des- 
titute children under twelve years of age, with power to j^rovide 
them with suitable homes until their majoritv. 

Nugent Home. — Johnson Street, tiermanlown. This institution 
was founded under the will of a Mr. Nugent, as a home for aged 
Baptist ministers and their wives. 

Butler Memorial. — Pastorius Street, Germantown. Founded 
by Mr. Edward Butler, as a memorial to his wife, as a home for aged 
gentlewnmen. 

Odd Fellows' Home. — 17th and Tioga streets. For the care and 
support of aged and indigent members of the order of Odd Fellows. 

Old Ladies' Home. — Wissanoming, Philadelphia. Vux the recep- 
tion of old ladies over sixty-five years of age. Strictly non-sectarian. 

Old Man's Home. — 39th Street and Powelton Avenue. For 
respectal)le men over si.xty years of age. Visitors admitted dady, 
except Sundays. 

Orphan Society. — ()4lh Street near Ilaverford Avenue. For 
orphan children of married parents. Boys indentured at twelve and 
girls at fourteen years old. 

Industrial Home for Blind Women. — Powelton and Saunders 
avenues. To teacli useful trades to Ijlind women. 

Retreat for Blind Mutes and Aged and Infirm Blind Persons. 
— 35 1 S Lancaster Avenue. For the com2:)letion of the system for the 
permanent welfare of the blind, and a home for aged and infirm 
blind persons. 

Training School for Feeble-Minded Children. — Near Elwyn, 
Delaware County, Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania Railroad. This 
institution gives a home to nearly 1,000 feeble-minded children, who 
are divided into four gi-ades, tlie asylum, nursery, school, and indus- 
trial departments. These arc contained in several large and well- 
appointed buildings. This institution has strong claims on the 
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RELIGIOUS AXD BENEVOLENT WORK. 137 

Working Home for Blind Men, — 351S Lancaster Avenue. Has 
for its primary object tlie furnishing employment to industrious 
blind men who, as a rule, are not admitted into workshops of the 
seeing. The goods manufactured by the inmates are sold, making 
the institute partially self-supporting. 

Presbyterian Home for Aged Couples and Men. — 65th and Vine 
streets. An asylum of the Presbyterian church in all its branches 
(including the Dutch Reformed), where aged couples, reduced by mis- 
fortune to poverty, need not be separated. 

Presbyterian Home for Widows and Single Women. — sSth 
Street and Greenway Avenue. For aged widows and single women 
of the Presbyterian church in all its branches. 

Rosine Home. — 3216 Germantown Avenue. The object of this 
Home is to secure from vice and degradation a class of women who 
have forfeited their claims to the respect of the virtuous; to teach 
them to gain an honest living; to elevate their moral nature, and 
eventually render them useful members of the community. 

Institute of Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans. — 23d and Brown 
streets. This was the first institute of the kind in the United 
States. 

Southern Home for Destitute Children. — Southwest corner 
Broad and Morris streets. This institution is the first of its kind in 
Philadelphia. It was organized June 21, 1S41, and has for its object 
to provide a home, etc., for destitute orphan children. 

Union Home for Old Ladies. — Lancaster and Girard avenues. 
A non-sectarian institution for the cc^mfort of old ladies. 

Western Home for Poor Children. — 41st and Baring streets. 
West Philadeli^hia. The managers and trustees of this institution 
are authorized by its charter to take under their guardianship, poor 
white children under twelve years vjf age, who maybe intrusted to 
their care by their fathers, mothers, or guardians, or such as may be 
committed to their care by the Judges of the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania, the District Court of the city, the Court of Common Pleas, 
the Court of Quarter Sessions, or by the Mayor of Philadelphia. 

Christ Church Hospital. — Belmont Avenue, adjoining Fair- 
mount Park. Founded by Dr. John Kearsley, in 1772, as a home for 
poor and distressed gentlewomen, members of the Protestant Epis- 
copal church, whether residents of Pennsylvania or not. 

House of the Good Shepherd. — 35th Street and Fairmount 
Avenue. To atford a retreat to unfortunate women, without respect 
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to nation or creed. Conducted by the j-cligicuse of Our Lady of 
Charity of the Good Shepherd. Roman CathoHc. 

Little Sisters of the Poor, — iSth Street, between Jefferson and 
Oxford streets. This is a home for the aged poor of both sexes, with- 
out regard to creed or nationaHty. Attended by the Reverend Jesuit 
Fathers. 

Little Sisters of the Poor. — Mill Street, Germantown. Objects 
the same as the preceding. Attended by the Reverend Lazarist 
Fathers. 

St. John's Male Orphan Asylum. — 49th Street and Westminster 
Avenue. Under charge of twenty Sisters of St. Joseph. 

Catholic Home for Destitute Orphan Girls. — 1720 Race Street. 
Under the charge of twelve vSisters. 

St. Joseph's Female Orphan Asylum. — 700 Spruce Street. 
Under the charge of ten Sisters of Charity. This asylum has 
a branch at Mill Street and Duy's Lane (Wister Street), German- 
town. 

St, Mary Magdalene Orphanage.^ 730 Marriott Street. For 
Italian orphan girls. Under the charge of eight missionary Sisters, 
Roman Catholic. 

St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum. — Tacony. For Catholic German 
orphans. 

St, Ann's Widows' Asylum. — 212 and 214 Franklin Street. 
Attended by nine Sisters of vSt. Joseph. Attended by the Reverend 
Fathers of St. Augustine. Roman Catholic church. 

Asylum of St, Magdalen. — Chew vStreet, Germantown. For 
unfortunate colored, girls. Under charge of sixteen Sisters of 
Charity. 

St, Joseph's House for Industrious Boys. — 727 and 732 Pine 
Street. The object of the institution is to provide a .shelter for home- 
less and destitute boys, to insure their Christian training, and pro- 
cure for them suitable employment. Roman Catholic. 

St. Mary's Home. — Broad Street and Columbia Avenue. Object 
to secure em2:)l()ynieiit for worthy girls. Roman Catholic. 

Lutheran Orphans' Home.— j\Iount Airy, Germantown. For 
orphan boys and girls wlujse parents were members of the Evangel- 
ical Lutheran church. 

Lutheran Home for the Aged and Infirm.— Mount Airy, German- 
town. For aged and infirm meml)vrs of the Evangelical Lutheran 
vhurch . 



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Hospitals and Dispensaries. 

Children's Homoeopathic— 926 and 928 North Broad Street. 
Open for non-conta;^ious sick and accidental cases between the ages 
of two and fourteen years. 

Homoeopathic Dispensary. — 1317 Ridge Avenue. Services 
wholly gratuitous. 

Southeastern Dispensary and Hospital.— 736 South loth Street. 
For women and children. Has also an oirt-patient confinement service 
for poor women, and a free hospital for surgical diseases of women. 

Friends' Asylum for the Insane. — Near F'rankford. This institu- 
tion was established by the Religious Society of Friends in the year 
1S17, and is open to all persons affected with mental diseases. The 
asylum is located on a tract of eighty acres, about half of which is 
attractively laid out in lawns and woodlands for the use of the 
patients. There is one large building, consisting of a center build- 
ing and two wings; another, containing a gymnasium, art rooms, and 
workshops for the patients, and a third structure for women. The 
income is largely derived from fees for patients. 

German Hospital. — Corinthian and Girard avenues, opposite 
main entrance to Girard College. This is a handsome structure 
for the reception and care of patients, irrespective of color, creed, or 
nationality. It depends for maintenance on public charity. The 
j\Iary J. Drexel Home is located on the same grounds. 

GcrDian Hospital Dispensary, under control of resident physi- 
cian of hospital. 

Gynecian Hospital. — 247 North iSth Street. This institution is 
for the medical and surgical treatment of women. No medical sala- 
ries are allowed and no salaries are paid to officials. Its income is 
wholly from private bounty. 

Hahnemann Hospital. — 15th Street, above Race. For the sick 
:ind suffering; also a training school for nurses. 

St. Timothy's Hospital. — Ridge Avenue, Roxborough. Sup- 
ported by voluntar}' contributions. Treatment free. 

St. Clements Hospital. — Cherry Street, above 20th. Under 
charge of St. Clements Protestant Episcopal Church, for the recep- 
tion and treatment of epileptics. This is the first institution of the 
kind in America. 

Howard Hospital. — Broad and Catharine streets. For the medi- 
cal and surgical treatment of the sick and infum deserving poor. 
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130 IIAXDY GUIDE TO nilLADELPIIIA. 

Jewish Hospital. — ()ln(.'y Road, near York Pike, Germantown. 
Free hospital for sick and injured of all creeds and nationalities. 

Kensington Hospital for Women. — 136 Diamond Street. For 
the free medical and surgical treatment of the diseases peculiar to 
women. 

Maternity Hospital. — 734 South lotli Street. For the care, 
nurture, and maintenance of destitute women, married or single, 
during childbirth. 

Methodist Hospital. — Broad and Wolf streets. Founded in 1SS5, 
by bequest of Dr. Scott Stewart, to provide medical and surgical aid 
and nursing for the sick and wounded, either in the wards of the 
hospital or at their homes, without distinction of race, color, or creed. 

Pennsylvania Hospital. — Between Spruce and Pine and Eighth 
and Ninth streets. This is one of the oldest institutions of the kind 
in the country. It was established in 1751 and consists of two 
departments, one of which is for the insane. It receives no assistance 
from the city, county, or State, but is entirely dependent on private 
contributions. All its income is devoted to the care of its patients, 
and as many free patients as its income will gratify. All persons 
seriously injured by accident in any part of Pennsylvania and 
brought directly to the hospital, are received at once and treated 
without charge. 

Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane.— Between Market and 
Haverford streets and 42d and 4')th streets. West Philadelphia. 
Entrance to department for men, 4vlh and Market streets; for women, 
44th and Market streets. This branch of the Pennsylvania Hospital 
was established in its present locaticm in 1S41, and many of the 
patients are treated gratuitously. 

Presbyterian Hospital. — 3ijth and Filbert streets. Although 
founded by the Presl)yterian church, the sick and injured of 
all denominations are received. 

Polyclinic. — Lombard Street, west of iSth. This is a charitable 
institution as i'ar as its funds will ])crmit. It was founded to meet 
the requirements of coml)ining, in one institution, use of the peculiar 
advantages to l)e derived from those Imspitals whicli are devoted to 
the treatment of a single class of diseases, and is arranged to facili- 
tate tile carrying out the essential character of practical teaching, 
in which pupils, who are ])ractitioners of medicine, maybe brought in 
classes. 

Protestant Episcopal Hospital. — Front Street and Lehigh Avenue. 



RELIGIOUS AND BE.YErOLEXT WORK'. 131 

Besides the usual purposes of a hospital, an object of this institution 
is to provide the instructions and consolations of religion according 
tt) the principles of the Protestant Episcopal church, for those under 
its care. 

Samaritan Hospital. — 3502 North Broad Street. No contagious: 
or chronic diseases received, all other patients treated without charge. 
I'ree dispensary attached. 

Germantown Hospital. — Penn Street, (iermantown. Entirely free. 

St. Christopher's. — Northwest corner Lawrence and Huntingdon 
streets. This hosjiital is exclusiveh- foj- the treatment of sick and 
injured children. 

University Hospital. — 34lh and Spruce streets. Opened in 
1S74 for the sick and maimed. It is one of the adjuncts of the 
University of Pennsylvania. 

Women's Homoeopathic. — 20th Street and Susquehanna Avenue. 
This institution is divided into tlirec departments, medical, sur- 
gical, and maternity, and receive bolli ])ay and non-paying patients. 

West Philadelphia Hospital for Women. — 4035 Parrish .Street. 
For tlie care of women and children. 

Medical Aid Society. — iii Soutli ifjth Street. The object of this 
societ}' is the establishment of a dispensary where working women 
can receive medical advice after working hours. A moderate fee is 
charged. 

Northern Dispensary. — 60S Fairmovuit Avenue. Founded in 1S16. 
Open daily, from S.oo .\. m. to 6,00 i'. m. Advice, surgical aid, and 
medicine free. 

Philadelphia Dispensary. — 127 South Fifth Street. Open daily, 
from 9.00 .\. M. to 6.00 r. PvF. Patients unable to visit the institution, 
by sending to the Dispensary, may obtain orders on physicians who 
will attend them at their homes without charge. 

Veterinary Hospital. — 36th and Pine streets. For sick and 
injured animals. An adjunct of the University of Pennsylvania 

Wills Eye Hospital. — Race Street, above iSth ; oi:)posite Logan 
Square. Founded under the will of James Wills, for the treatmen: 
of diseases of the eye. This is the most extensive eye hosi^ital in 
the State. 

Jefferson Medical College Hospital. — 1020 vSansom Street. 

Keeley Institute. — S12 North Ih-oad Street. For the cure of 
inebriates. 

Eye and Ear Dispensary. — 443S Alain Street, Manayunk. 



132 HANDY GUIDE TO Pini.ADELPII lA. 

Medico-Chirurgical Hospital. — 1725 ChcMiy Street. A large 
and important hospital in wliieh gener:il patients are received. 

Pennsylvania Eye, Ear, and Throat Infirmary.— 13th and Chest- 
nut streets. Open from 11.00 \. m. to 2.(xj i-. m. 

Orthopedic Hospital. — North 17th Street, corner Summer. For 
nervous diseases. 

Rush Hospital. — 2 131 Pine Street. For consumptives and allied 
diseases. 

Ryerss Infirmary. — 1627 Chestnut Street. For the care and 
treatment of dumb animals. 

Woman's Hospital. — Nortli College Avenue, corner North 22d 
street. Adjunct to Woman's Medical College, 

St. Joseph's Hospital. — Girard Avenue, between i6th and 17th 
streets. Under the charge of nineteen vSisters of Charity, attended 
by the Reverend Jesuit Fathers. 

St. Mary's Hospital. — Frankford Road and Palmer Street. 
Under the charge of twenty .Sisters. Attended by the Redemptionist 
Fathers. 

St. Agnes Hospital. — Broad and Mifflin streets. Under the 
charge of thirty-eight Sisters. Attended by the Reverend Clergy 
of St. Thomas Aquinas, Roman Catholic church. 

St. Vincent's Home and Maternity Hospital. — 70th .Street and 
Woodland Avenue. I^^or the care of infants and the treatment of 
women in confinement. Under the charge of thirteen Sisters. 



[X. 
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 



There are in Philadelphia probably more edueational establish- 
ments than there are ehurches, charitable and benevolent institutions 
combined. 

Public Schools. — Philadelphia maintains 417 day and 64 night 
schools, and the total number of children taught in them is more 
than 150,000, employing 3,og5 teachers. 

Private and Parochial Schools. — The private and parochial 
schools of the city for general education number nearlv, if not 
quite, as many as the public schools, while the institutions for special 
branches are exceptionally large. 

Academy of Natural Sciences.— 19th and Race streets. For 
instruction in natural sciences — free. See MrsF.r.Ms. 

Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church. — South 
5()th Street, corner Woodland Avenue. 

Drexel Institute. — Chestnut Street, corner 32d. Inspired by a 
desire to extend a helping hand to deserving youth, the late 
Anthony J. Drexel, one of the most famous of America's bankers, 
decided to found an institution in which the young of both sexes 
could acquire those elemental studies and arts which would be of 
greatest use to them in learning trades, or in the ordinary course 
of life. In this he was encouraged and assisted by the advice of his 
life-long friend, George W. Childs, the great philanthropist. The 
structiu-e was completed and formerly opened December 17, iSgi, 
and the ceremonies were attended and conducted by many dis- 
tinguished men and women from all over the country. The build- 
ing is a wonder of architectural beauty. It is constructed of light 
buff brick, with terra cotta ornamentations, and measu'-es, on the 
ground floor, 200 by 200 feet. A richly-ornamented portal on Chest- 

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134 'HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

nut Street leads into a spacious and magnificent entrance hall, the 
ceiling of which is supported by pillars of red Georgian marble. 
Beyond this is the grand central court or quadrangle, 65 feet square 
and the entire height of the building, the ceiling being a skylight of 
stained glass. At the farther end of the court are stairways leading 
to the upper floors and basement. Broad galleries surround the 
central court, giving access to the various class rooms, etc., and 
affording a view to the floor below and of the whole interior. At 
the rear of the central court, and having an entrance of its own on 
32d Street, is the auditorium, with a seating capacity of 1,500 per- 
sons. On the stage is set an organ, said to be one of the finest 
in America. Students are admitted who can pass an examina- 
tion in elementary English subjects. Moderate fees only are 
charged. In addition to building this magnificent institution, 
Mr. Drexel also endowed it with such a princely sum, that the 
income thereof renders it one of the wealthiest places of the kind 
in Philadelphia. The Drexel Institute may be reached by the 
Chestnut and Walnut street lines of surface cars, and visitors are 
admitted daily, except Sunday, from 9.00 a. m. to 6.00 r. m., and in 
winter months, from 7.00 to 10.00 v. m., to the grand central court, 
the library, and the museum. The last mentioned is particularly 
worthy a visit, as here, among other valuable things, is the George 
W. Childs collection of manuscript books of famous authors, including 
works of Dickens and Thackeray. The library, which contains a 
large and valuable collection of books, is open to the general public 
under certain reasonable restrictions. 

Charter School, William Penn. — 12th and Clover streets. This 
school, although being under the control of the Orthodox Friends 
Meeting, is a famous institution all over the United States. It was 
chartered by William Penn in 1701, and for more than a century 
the school-house was on Fourth Street, below Chestnut. Its present 
quarters on 12th Street are handsome and commodious. 

Girard College. — On Girard Avenue, from Ridge Avenue to West 
College Avenue. This noble institution was founded by the will of 
Stephen Girard, a wealthy and eccentric Philadelphia merchant. He 
was a native of France, born May 21, 1750, near Bordeaux. His 
death occurred in Philadelphia December 26, 1831. He began life as 
a cabin boy, and became in time the master and part owner of a 
small vessel, through which he acquired money enough to establish 
himself in business in Philadelphia in 1769. By the close of the Rev- 



EDUCATIONAL IX STI TVTIO.XS. 135 

olutioii Girard was a wealthy man, and at liis death was one of the 
richest men in the conntrv. In 1S12, when the United States Govern- 
ment needed money, he loaned it $5,000,000. By his will he left 
$500,000 to Philadelphia for the improvement of the streets and 
buildings; $300,000 to the .State for the improvement of canals; and 
the rest of his property for the support and education " of poor white 
male orphans, between the ages of six and ten years, when admitted 
to the institution, giving the preference first, to those born within 
the bounds of the city of Philadelphia; secondly, to those born in 
Pennsylvania; thirdly, to those born in New York; and lastly, to 
those born in New Orleans." By a further clause in the will the city 
was made trustee of the estate, and a provision inserted that the 
boys of tlie institution should be bound apprentices to the municipal 
corporation and bound out fr(_)m the college between the ages of four- 
teen and eighteen. The corner-stone of Girard College was laid 
July 4, 1833, and the building opened January i, 1848. Since then 
the growth of the institution has been so great that numerous other 
buildings have since been erected by the trustees, until now the 
place i-esembles a small suburban town of handsome buildings and 
residences. The original college edifice is an imposing structtn-e of a 
rich Corinthian style of architecture. It is iii feet wide and 169 feet 
long, and surrounded by a range of fluted columns. The total height 
of the building is 97 feet, and is arched throughout with brick and 
stone, and roofed with marble tiles. The weight of the roof alone is 
estimated at nearly 1,000 tons. In the south vestibule is a large 
sarcophagus in which repose the ashes of Stephen (Tirard, and above it 
is a statue of the founder, by Gevelot, said to have been a wonderful 
likeness, both in expression and pose. Visitors are admitted daily 
except Sunday by ticket, which n:ay be procured at the office of the 
Girard Trust on 12th Street above Chestnut. The college may be 
reached by the People's Line by transfer on Girard Avenue, by the 
17th and 19th Street Passenger Railway cars, or by the Ridge 
Avenue Line. 

Germantown Academy. — School Lane, west of ]\Iain Street, Ger- 
mantown. 'I'his, like the Penn Charter School, is a famous institu- 
tion, and has some historical intei-est. It was founded by inhabitants 
of old Germantown by a resolution dated December (^, 1759 ' for the 
use of an English and High Dutch or German School." The build- 
ing was opened for use September, 1761. During the Revolution the 
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136 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

under the title of " Public vSchool of Germantown." It is a quaint old 
structure, surmounted by a belfry in which hangs an old bell with an 
inscription thereon, which shows it to have been the property of 
George III. 

Haverford College. — Haverford Station, Pennsylvania Railroad. 
This college was founded in 1S33 l)y the Society of Friends, and the 
grounds surrounding it embrace nearly 200 acres, of which sixty 
forms a well-kept lawn covered with handsome shrubberv. Tlie 
course of study is academic and practical. 

Institute for Colored Youth. — Bainbridge Street, near Ninth. 
This is an important institution for the practical educational welfare 
of colored people, of which Philadelphia has a large number. Here 
l^upils receive manual training, and are taught cooking and use- 
ful trades, and are prepared to be teachers for institutions elsewhere. 
The school is free to visitors and is worth a call. 

La Salle College. — Roman Catholic. Northeast corner Juni- 
per and Filbert streets. Devoted to primary and classical educa- 
tion. 

Roman Catholic High School. — Broad and Vine streets. This 
institution occupies an imposing and architecturally magnificent 
structure, and the students therein, promoted from the parochial 
schools of the Roman Catholic church, are thoroughly instructed in 
the higher branches of classical learning. 

St. Joseph's College. — Roman Catholic. Seventeenth and Stiles 
streets. This institution was founded in 1S52 for the purpose of 
affording an academic education to worthy young men. 

Seminary of St. Vincent de Paul. — Roman Catholic. Chew 
Street, Germantown. For the education of priests. Tlie Iniilding, 
a handsome structure of dark graystone and granite, is surrounded 
by spacious and well-shaded grounds. Of this place a pretty story 
is told, which came to the knowledge of the writer while a newspaper 
reporter. A few years ago a fire broke out in one of the smaller 
structures on the grounds, in which an old man lost his life. The 
writer of this was assigned to write up the occurrence. While thus 
engaged about the ruins he noticed a large number of birds gathered 
near the windows of the burned structure, that were twittering and 
behaving in an unusual manner. ( )n drawing the attention of the 
attending priest, detailed to furnisli information, he grew sad, and 
said, "The poor man who lost liis life in tliis lire loved the birds 
and fed them regularly from this window. They have now gathered 



ED i 'CA riOXA I. INS TI TU TIOXS. 137 

for their meal, and apparently can not understand why their old 
friend does not attend to their wants." 

Spring Garden Institute. — Broad and Spring Garden streets. 
This is one of the best institutions of its kind in Philadelphia. It 
is a semi-free school, which maintains a library and free reading 
room, gives courses of free lectures, and holds night schools in draw- 
ing and mechanical handiwork at a nominal fee, and day schools. To 
give additional efficiency in mechanical trades, the students are 
required to labor daily, at their various trade studies, the same num- 
ber of hours as regular journeymen mechanics when in actual 
emplo\-ment. 

Swathmore. — Swathmore, Westchester Branch, Pennsylvania 
Railroad. Principal educational college in the country of the Hick- 
site branch of the Society of Friends. The buildings are massive 
stone structures, which present an imposing appearance from the 
railroad, near which they are. Besides the principal college build- 
ings there is a science hall, an astronomical observatory, and struc- 
tures for the professors, among which is the old West house, where 
dwelt Benjamin West, the famous American painter. The institu- 
tion is for the education of both sexes. 

Temple College. — North Broad and Berk streets, under the 
charge of the Temple Baptist Church. 

Lutheran Seminary. — Main Street, opposite Allen's Lane, Ger- 
mantown. For the education of young men in the ministry of the 
Evangelical Lutheran church. The main building was for many years 
the property of James Gowen, the father of the late Franklin B. Gowcn, 
formerly president of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. The 
place has great historic interest. It was, before the Revolution, 
the country seat of Chief Justice Allen, and here the first shot of the 
Battle of Germantown was fired, and on his piazza the first man (an 
English sentry) killed. 

Theological Seminary, Reformed Episcopal Church. — 43d and 
Chestnut streets. For the education of ministers of the Reformed 
Episcopal Chiuxh. 

University of Pennsylvania. — From Pine Street to Woodland 
Avenue and from 34th to 37th streets, West Philadelphia. The build- 
ings, grounds, and surroundings of the University of Pennsylvania 
are among the largest, finest, and most convenient in the country. 
The buildings are all superb specimens of architecture and occupy 
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138 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Locust Street, between 33d and 34th streets, and is four stories high. 
The architecture is what is known as collegiate Gothic, and it is con- 
structed of green serpentine, ornamented with graystone. It was 
begun in 1871 and finished in the latter part of 1S92, at a cost of 
$235,910. Within the edifice are the departments of art and science, 
the chapel and assembly rooms, laboratories, class rooms, etc. 

I^ibrary Bitildini:;. — To the cast of College Hall is Library Hall, 
built of redstone and brick. In this structure is contained the library 
of over 100,000 volumes, besides the archaeological department's 
magnificent museum. 

Medical Dcparfinoit. — The Medical Department is to the west of 
College Hall, and it is this department for which the University has 
its greatest fame. 

Unh'crsity Hospital. — Near by, on Spruce Street, is the magnifi- 
cent structure of the University Hospital, of which mention has 
already been made. 

Dental I^alioratorv. — Just back of the Medical Hall is the Dental 
Laboratory, fronting on Spruce Street at the corner of 3(jth. 

Veterinary College. — At the corner of Pine Street and (iuardian 
Avenue is the Veterinary College for the training of veterinary sur- 
geons. To this is attached the Veterinary Hospital. 

ScJiool of Biology. — The School of Biology, a square brick struc- 
ture, is near at hand. 

History of tlie I 'iiiversity. — The University began as an academy 
and charitable school, advocated by Benjamin Franklin in 1749. It 
was first located on the west side of Fourth Street, below Arch, in 
1750. It was chartered in 1755 as " The College, Academy, and Chari- 
table School of Philadelphia." Tlie first provost was the Rev. 
William Smith, D. D. The charter was annulled in 1799, through the 
trustees and teachers being strongly suspected of tory sentiments, 
and the franchise was conferred on a new institution called " The 
University of Pennsylvania." Subsequently the forfeiture of the 
charter was declared illegal, and the result was rival institutions. In 
1791 the two were united. 'J'lie Medical School was established in 
1764 by Dr. William Shippcn. In 1798 the University was removed to 
Ninth Street below Market, in a house built for the President of the 
United States. The President's House, as it was called, was torn 
down, in 1829, and larger structures erected, which were occupied until 
1874, when the property was purchased by the Federal Government 
for the site of a post office, 



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Jefferson College. — Tenth and Sansom streets. Jefferson Col- 
lege was founded in 1S26, and is a widely-known medical institu- 
tion. The college is a handsome brick structure, and at its rear is 
the hospital, a large edifice, accommodating over 125 patients. The 
college contains a splendid anatomical museum, including the splen- 
did collection of the late Dr. vS. D. Gross. 

College of Physicians. — Thirteenth and Locust .streets. A 
medical association incorporated 17S9; it supports a lectureship and 
publishes transactions of its meetings. Possesses a large and valua- 
ble medical library, with one exception the finest in the country, and 
an important museum of anatomy and patholog)-. 

Hahnemann College. — 22 North Broad Street to 1 5th Street . This 
is the oldest houKeopathic college in the country, and was organized 
in 1S4S. The college proper is a stately Gothic building having a cen- 
tral tower terminating in a pyramidal spire. The hospital building, 
a training school for nurses, and a number of other edifices occupy 
the grounds also. 

Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery.— Eleventh and Clin- 
ton streets. This college was chartered in 1S65. 

College of Pharmacy. — Tenth Street, above Arch. Organized in 
1S21. It is the oldest institution of the kind in the country. It has 
a tine college museum, Avhich contains the best collection of medicinal 
plants in America. 

Women's Medical College. — College Avenue and 21st Street. 
This is the lir.^t medical school for women ever established in the world. 
It occupies handsome quarters, and, with its hospital which stands close 
by, has done splendid work. Many of the most successful women phy- 
sicians in the United States are graduates from this institution. 

Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. — Mount Airy, 
Twenty-second Ward, Chestnut Hill Branch, Pennsylvania Railroad 
to Allen's Lane; Chestnut Hill Branch, Philadelphia & Reading Rail- 
road to Mount Airy Station; or Chestnut Hill cars, People's Traction 
Company. This is in no wise a charitable institution, but is purely 
an educational institution and training-school for the deaf and dumb. 
It occupies an extended tract of land at the foot of Chestnut Hill, 
with beautiful surrounding scenery. A number of buildings are 
erected on the grounds, the architecture of which is unsurpassed in 
the State, which are devoted to the housing and the training of the 
pupils. This institution is the third of the kind in America, and was 
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140 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILA DEI.PII FA . 

Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. — Twen- 
tieth and Race streets. Like the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, 
the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instriiction of the Blind can not 
be classed as a charitable institution. Its work is purely educa- 
tional. It occupies spacious grounds and buildings. The students 
are instructed in the plain branches of an English education and in 
music, and in several other important branches. But what seems 
more wonderful than all is, that the jnipils arc thoroughly instructed 
in the manual of arms and minute militarv drill. 



X. 

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



While Philadelphians have .niven close attention to charitable and 
iKMievolent work, and established a marvelous number of institutions 
for the relief of the poor, the sick, and the unfortunate, they have yet 
found ample time to devote to social relations and to the formation 
of clubs and societies to strengthen the fraternal ties between the 
peojjle. The number of such establishments almost surpasses belief. 
Of the secret organizations alone there are close upon two thousand, 
and of these some of the orders to which they belong had their first 
being in this city. Among the prominent secret societies which were 
founded in Philadelphia is the Junior Order of American Mechanics, 
the original council of which, Washington No. i, is not onh^ still in 
existence, but is one of the wealthiest in the order. Most of the 
secret orders have large central quarters in Philadelphia, and two 
of them have temples of such magnificence as to be famous all over 
the country. The oldest of these is 

The Masonic Temple. — At Broad and Filbert streets. It is the 
finest Masonic structure in the world, and is one of the greatest 
architectural ornaments to the city. It is of a pure Norman style of 
architecture, rising 95 feet from the pavement, with two grand towers 
on the Broad Street front, one of which is 250 feet high. The temple 
is built of granite, and the front is exceedingly elaborate, having a 
Norman porch with three pairs of receding pillars, arches, moldings, 
and other decorations. But handsome as the exterior is, it pales 
before the richness of the interior. A grand staircase, furnished in 
Corinthian style, is in front, and another, leading from the Juniper 
Street entrance, is in the Doric style. The temple contains numer- 
ous rooms for various purposes and for the subordinate lodges, all of 
which are fitted up in the most sumptuous manner. Visitors are 
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142 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

admitted on clear Thursdays, on an introductory card from a member 
of the order. The temple was dedicated September 26, 1S73. 

Odd Fellows' Temple. — Broad and Cherry streets. The Odd Fel- 
lows now have a temple in this city which, for architectural beauty 
and richness of appointments, compares favorably with the Masonic 
Temple, and it is doubtful whether the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows have anywhere else a structure which will compare with it. 
It was dedicated May, 1S95, with imposing ceremonies. It is a ten- 
story, fireproof building, and cost $1,000,000. The architecture is 
Italian renaissance, a style much affected for fine buildings in Phila- 
delphia of late years. The light brick and terra cotta, of which the 
front of the structure is composed, forms a marked contrast to the 
many other fine buildings in the immediate vicinity. More than one 
hundred rooms are contained in the temple, occupied as the head- 
quarters of the order in Pennsylvania, and by several lodges and 
encampments. Besides, there is a large auditorium and numerous 
business offices. The temple is not yet open to the public, but it is 
understood arrangements will soon be made to permit visitors to 
view it. 

Social Clubs. — Many splendid social clubs have existence in Phila- 
delphia, some of which have a national fame not only because of the 
features of the organizations themselves, but for the elegance of the 
buildings they occupy. One of the oldest and best known of these 
institutions is 

The Philadelphia Club. — At the northwest corner of i3tli and 
Walnut streets. This club occupies an unpretentious brick build- 
ing without any ornamentation, and is probably one of the most ex- 
clusive organizations in the country, in which many men have sought 
membership in vain. Membership in the Philadelphia Club is a pass- 
port to the most exclusive social circles in the city. The interior of 
the club room is splendidly though not ostentatiously furnished, but 
to these rooms no Philadelphian not a member can be admitted under 
any circumstance, and a dweller of another city only upon a regular 
introduction by a member. 

Union League. — Next to the Philadelphia Club, the .social organi- 
zation in the city having the widest fame is probably the Union 
League, which owns a fine building at the southwest corner of Broad 
and Locust streets. The jjecviliar style of the architecture of this 
brick and brownstone structure makes it one of the most striking 
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and, since the beginning of its existence in 1S62, its members have 
entertained most of the Presidents and many notable and distinguished 
men. The many rooms are handsomely frescoed and furnished, and 
numerous rare and costly paintings adorn the walls, and fine samples 
of statuary are grouped here and there. Any stranger may obtain 
entrance to the Union League House on presenting an introduction 
from a member. 

Penn Club. — This club occupies an unpretentious building at 
Eighth and Locust streets, and was founded for the purpose of 
properly receiving and entertaining men or women who have become 
distinguished in arts, science, letters, or politics, or in any trade or 
profession whatsoever. 

Reform Club. — 1520 Chestnut Street. In 1S72 a number of gentle- 
men, for the most part members of the ^Municipal Reform Associa- 
tion, organized the Reform Club, and the residence on Chestnut 
Street, formerly known as the Florence Mansion, was purchased for a 
club house. The club has a large membership, and during the sum- 
mer months give delightful garden concerts. Ladies are admitted 
to the dining room, parlors, and garden when under the escort of 
members. 

Acorn Club. — About iSgo a numlier of ladies established the 
Acorn Club, an organization exclusively for their sex. It occupies a 
charming mansion at 1504 Walnut Street, which is fitted tip in elegant 
style, with dining rooms, parlors, reception rooms, and library. 

Columbia Club. — • The Columbia Club is an uptown social organ- 
ization, and it is the proud possessor of one of the handsomest club 
buildings in the city. Indeed, one only, the Mercantile, excels it for 
beaut}'. It occupies the northwest corner of Broad and Oxford 
streets, and is built of light buff brick with brownstone base and 
trimmings. 

Manufacturers' Club. — The Manufacturers' Club, although not 
an <_)ld organization, has made itself widely known; all its members 
l)elong directly to some manufacturing industry. The club occupies 
a striking hve-story building on Walnut Street beyond Broad. 

New Century Club. — 124 South 12th Street. This is a club com- 
posed of women. It was founded in 1S76 for the two-fold purpose of 
social enjoyment and the public good. Its club house on South 
12th Street is an attractive building with a front of Pompeian brick 
and terra cotta. Its interior shows everywhere the taste and good 
judgment of feminine hands and minds. The Children's Country 



144 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Week, the Working Women's (niikl, the Cooking Schools, the Work- 
ing Women's T^egal Protection, and PoHce Matrons" Committee are 
some of the good results of the New Century Club. In the club house 
is a handsome Assembly Hall, which has become a favorite place for 
amateur theatricals and private balls. 

Rittenhouse Club. — isii Walnut Street. The Rittcnhouse Club 
may be considered, in a fashion, an otfspring of the Philadelphia 
Club, which it resemljles in almost every iJarticular. Its building is 
a handsome and substantial structure, and its interior appointments 
are in keeping with its elegant surroundings. 

Pen and Pencil Club. — Walnut Street, below nth. This is a 
social club, the active members of which are all directly connected 
with the staff of some newspaper or periodical. It is only a few years 
old, yet it is well known in many cities. Its " Nights in Bohemia" 
are social functions to which invitations are eagerly sought. The club 
rooms are handsomely furnished and in good taste. 

Mercantile Club. — Broad and Master streets. The members of 
the Mercantile Club claim to have the handsomest clubhouse in the 
United vStates, and it is said that the aggregate wealth of its mem- 
bers is greater than any two other organizations in the eitv. Besides 
the ordinary rooms devoted to club purposes, and which are furnished 
in the most sumptuous manner, there is located in the building the 
most gorgeous and richly appointed theater in the city. Another 
apartment, called the Turkish room, has already become famous 
from its lavish decorations and furnishing. 

Dining' Clubs. 

State in Schuylkill. — This is the oldest social organization in 
this country. It was organized in 1732 as a fishing club, and was 
only suspended during the Revolution. The membership is limited 
to twenty-five, with a certain number of candidates called "appren- 
tices." i\t the rL'gular meetings of the did) the work is done by the 
members, even to the cooking and the serving of the food. There 
are a number of imitators of the ancient .State in Schuylkill, but 
none e(iual the original. 

Clover Club. — 'I'he Clover Club, invitations to which are at once 
a delighl and a terror to the reeii)ient, is one of the most famous 
dining clubs in the world, its members are for the most part men 
of wit and genius, and no guest, howe\-er eminent, is spared the 
shafts of satire or humor which may come into the minds of the 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 145 

hosts. The banquets of this chib are usually held at the Bellevue 
Hotel. 

Five O'clock Club. — The Five O'Cloek Club is framed on much 
the same lines as the Clover Club, and embraces among its members 
many men of Philadelphia prominent in literature and politics. 

Art Clubs and Associations. 

Academy of Fine Arts. — Broad and Cherry streets. The Asso- 
ciation of the Academy of Fine Arts owns a handsome building a 
short distance north of City Hall, on the west side of Broad Street. 
It is of the Venetian style of architecture, being constructed of 
mingled brick and stone, and is a prominent feature among the many 
striking examples of architectui^e in its vicinity. Over the Broad 
Street entrance is a mutilated statue of the goddess Ceres, which was 
dug up at Megara, in Greece, and presented to the academy many 
years ago. The building is absolutely fireproof, and within, on the 
walls, hang priceless gems of art in oils and water colors, and grouped 
about the rooms are rare examples of statuary. Among the rich 
treasures of art contained in this place is the Phillips collection of 
over 40,000 etchings and engravings. The Academy of Fine Arts 
sustains a system of schools for the purpose of training those who 
intend to become professional artists. The academv was established 
in 1805. 

Art Club. — The Art Club occupies a beautiful building at 220 
South Broad Street , constructed of Pompeian brick, ornamented 
with carved Indiana limestone. Its beauty and striking appearance 
can not fail to attract the visitor at once; it contains a fine picture 
gallery, and a smaller one for the exhibition of minor works of art. 
There are, besides, reception and other rooms, handsomely furnished, 
for the convenience and pleast:re of the members. 

Sketch Club. — 524 Walnut Street; founded in 186 1. The Sketch 
Club has a gallery of excellent paintings, etc. 

Fairmount Park Art Association, office 708 Walnut Street. This 
is purely a philanthropic association. It has a membership of over 
1,500, and the object is the embellishment of Fairmount Park with 
bronze and other statuary. Some of the most notable examples of 
the work of this society are the " Lioness bringing food to her young," 
near Lemon Hill; "Joan of Arc," near Girard Avenue; "The 
Wounded Lioness," near the Zoological Garden, and the sandstone 
group of " Tam O'Shanter." 



146 IIANDV CriDR TO rniLADELPIIlA . 

School of Design for Women. — Broad and Master streets. For the 
instruction of women in drawing, scnlpture, and painting. The Asso- 
ciation, which supports the school, was organized in 1847. It is well 
worth a visit. 

Sportiiijy;' Clubs. 

Cricket. — Philadelphia is the home of Cricket. The great English 
game first gained a firm foothold in this country in this city, and 
its clubs speedily became the strongest in the land. Even the teams 
from Canada, where cricket is a national game, have no chance 
against the elevens in Philadelphia, and so one-sided in favor of the 
latter are the matches between them that the}' have long ceased to 
excite much interest among the people. Philadelphia cricketers are 
the only ones wIk) have been al)le to make atiy stand against the 
great English and Australian teams and meet them on an equal foot- 
ing. Indeed, several of the most famous teams, notably Lord 
Hawke's, have met overwhelming defeat at the hands of the plucky 
Philadelphia amateur elevens. These clubs are all socially influen- 
tial and verv exclusive in membership. 

Manheim Germantown Cricket Club. — Of the various cricket 
organizations in Philadelphia, the most famous is the present Ger- 
mantown Cricket Club, formed by the union of the Young America 
and the Germantown clubs. The combined organization purchased 
a large tract of ground near Queen Lane Station, on the Chestnut 
Hill Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and named it Manheim. 
Here the members erected a number of club houses of the Colonial 
style of architecture, laid out a great cricket field, tennis courts, and 
grounds for other sports, and established a country club superior in 
some respects to the famous country club at Newport, R. I. Certain 
portions of the grounds are heavily shaded with rare old trees, and 
the whole place is handsome to the last degree. Among the great 
cricketers, members of this club, are the famous Newhall Brothers 
and E. Walter Clark. 

Philadelphia Cricket Club.— Wissahickon Heights, Chestnut Hill. 
This club owns handsome grounds and a pretty colonial club house. 
Here the matches with the Canadians are usually played. George 
Patterson, the famous all-round cricketer, and William Brockie, the 
phenomenal batsman, are members of this club. 

Merion Cricket Club. — Ardmore. The Merion Cricket Club 
grounds and club houses resemble closely those of the Germantown, 
altliDUiili there are not as manv handsome trees. The cricket field is 



CLUBS AiXD SOCIETIES. 147 

one of the finest in the country, ami cDnipares favorably with the best 
in England. Next to the Germantown Club, the Merions probably 
possess the greatest cricketing strength. 

Belmont. — Forty-ninth Street Station, Pennsylvania Railroad. 
The grounds of the Belmont Club are unfortunately the smallest of all 
the large cricket clubs in or about Philadelphia, but they are beauti- 
fully kept. It \vas on these grounds that a picked eleven, from the 
various local teams, had the honor of administering to Lord Hawke's 
team, in 1S93, the most overwhelming defeat any foreign cricket 
eleven ever received outside its own country. 

C'<niiitr> ami Driving' Clubs. 

Philadelphia Country Club. — Near Bala, Pennsylvania Railroad. 
This club was formed particularly for the purpose of stimulating an 
interest in cross-country riding, steeple-chasing, polo, coaching, golf, 
and other sports. 

Belmont Driving Club. — Track near Narbeth Station, Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad. 

Philadelphia Driving Park. — Track at Point Breeze. 

Philadelphia Turf Club. — This, as well as the two preceding 
organizations, was formed to advance the cause of light-harness 
racing and the breeding of blooded trotting stock. 

Baseball Clubs. 

Amateur Clubs. — As in all other large cities, Philadelphia pos- 
sesses a large number of strong amateur baseball clubs, many of which 
have grounds of their own. The strongest and best known of these 
is undoubtedly the University Nine, attached to the University 
Athletic Association. 

Philadelphia Baseball Club. — North Broad Street, between Hunt- 
ingdon Street and Lehigh Avenue. This is a professional club 
belonging to the National League. The grounds may be reached by 
the Philadelphia & Reading to Hiintingdon Station; the Pennsylvania 
Railroad to Germantown Junction; the Broad .Street omnibuses; 
the 13th Street Passenger Railway Company, and other street rail- 
way lines. 

(ieueral Athletic and Sparring Clubs. 

General Objects. — There are several notable clubs formed for 
the purpose of encouraging all branches of amateur sport. Prominent 
among these are the Philadt'lpJiia Feiicitig and Sparring' Cliili; 



148 HAXDY GUIDE TO Pli/LADELPI/IA. 

Athlefic Club, ScJinyl kill NaT v ; Caledonia)! Club; First Regiment 
Atliletic Association; TJiird Reginioit At/iletic Association; State 
Fencibtes Atliletic Association, and tlie .Itlilctic Association of 
the Unii'ersifr of PeniisvlTania. 

Athletic Club, Schuylkill Navy. — Of the above, the most important 
is the Schuylkill Nav_v Athletic Club. This organization a few years 
ago, with characteristic pluck and a few dollars only, erected a mag- 
nificent club house at 1626 and 1628 Arch Street, of graystone richly 
ornamented. It is probably one of the handsomest buildings of the 
kind in the world, and it is certainly the most perfect in detail of any 
athletic club in the country. The basement is given over to a bowl- 
ing alley, turkish baths, a swimming pool, bicycle room, and the 
electric light plant ; the first tioor to parlors, reading rooms, etc.; and 
the third floor to a gymnasium, in which there is the only cinder 
running track in the country. 

Boat Clubs. 

Schuylkill Navy. — There are twelve boat clubs on the Schuylkill 
River, within the precincts of Fairmount Park, and these are com- 
bined into the Schuylkill Navy, one of the most complete organiza- 
tions in the United States. Each club owns its own club house, 
built from plans previously approved by the Fairmount Park Com- 
missioners, and located on the east side of the river between the 
Green Street entrance of the jjark and Lemon Hill. The names of 
these clubs are the " lona," " Malta," " College," " Vesper," " West 
Philadelphia," "Crescent," "Undine," "University," "Philadelphia," 
" Bachelors," " Quaker City," and " Pennsylvania." The aggregate 
value of the club houses is placed at $200,000, and the paraphernalia 
at .fso.ooo. 

Miscellaneous Sports. 

Bicycle Clubs. — There are more than two score bicycle clubs in 
the city. Among the most prominent are the Century Wheelmen, 
South End, Quaker City, Pennsylvania Bicycle Club, Turner Cyclers, 
and the Wissahickon Wheelmen. 

Philadelphia Gun Club. — The grounds of this organization are«t 
Eddington. Besides this large organization there are nearly two 
dozen others located in different parts of the city. 

National Swimming Association. — The summer home of this 
institution is at Lafayclle, on tlie Ui^per Schuylkill. 

Fish Protective Association of Eastern Pennsylvania. — 1020 



CLUBS AXD SOCIETIES. 149 

Arch vStreet. In the rooms of this organization also are located the 
headquarters of the State Fish Commission. 

Military Oijiaiiizatioiis. 

National Guards of Pennsylvania. — There are eight military 
organizations of the National Guards of Pennsylvania. The head- 
quarters of the division commander and staff and the hrst brigade 
commander and staff are in room 1S4, City Hall. The regiments 
and armories are named as follows: 

Battery A. — Armory, North 41st St. and Mantua Ave. 

First City Troop. — Philadelphia City Cavalry armory, 21st St. 
near Market. This is considered the " swell " military organization 
in the State. Its members belong almost without exception to the 
most exclusive social circles in the city. The organization long 
antedates the Revolution. 

Gray Iu7'iiuibh's. — This is a regiment composed exclusively of 
colored men. They wear showy uniforms, and their drilling is so 
superb that they never fail to receive tumultuous applause whenever 
they appear on parade. 

State E'cticibles. — Armory, North Broad St., below Race. The 
State Fencibles Battalion is a widely-known military organization, 
and is esteemed to be the best drilled of any other in the vState. 

First Regiment. — Armory, corner Broad and Callowhill Sts. 

Second RegiiJteiit. — Armory, Race St. below Sixth. 

First Battalion Xa7'al State Militia. — This is generally known 
as the naval reserve, and, although only a few years old, has already 
received high praise fi"om the Federal authorities for the excellence 
of their drill. 

Third Regiment. — Armory, South Broad St. near Wharton. 



XI. 

FHE SUBURBS AND SHORT TRIPS 
BY RAIL. 



The Surrounding Country. — The topography of the countr}- sur- 
rounding the heart of Philadelphia offers peculiar advantages for 
suburban settlement. It is all distinctly rolling, and in some ])arts 
almost mountainous. Thus many Philadelphia business men are 
enabled to live, within easy reach of their offices, in places which 
many towns would widely advertise as mountain or lovely summer 
resorts. These places have been fostered and built uj) largely by the 
direct efforts of the Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia cV Reading, and 
the Baltimore & Ohio Raih-oad companies. 

<ir('|-|llilllt<»\VII. 

Of all the siiburl)an sites the most famous is (lermantown 
and its sub-sections, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill. In the munici- 
pality of Philadelphia the place is known as the Twenty-second 
Ward. It has some Oo.ooo inhabitants, and from the center of 
the city to the center of Germantown is about si.x miles. The 
Reading Railroad runs through it on the east, the Pennsylvania 
Railroad on the west, the People's Traction Company the center, and 
the Philadelphia Traction Comi)any a little west of the center. The 
old part of the town is literally tilled with historic liou.scs, and to the 
east and west and at Chestnut Hill handsome and even ]:)alatial 
residences can be counted liv tlie hundred. Indeed, a Cicrman baron, 
visiting the place a few years ago, designated (iermantown as a 
" town of palaces." The place was founded in i(>X^ by a number of 
German " Pietists," who were persecuted in their mother country 
and were induced to settle in Pennsylvania, through the promise of 
William Penn that they should worship Cu>d without interference in 

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the manner which seemed to tlieni best. As a result, many sects 
estabhshed themselves in Germantown having peculiar beliefs and 
forms (if worship in addition to the Dunkards and Mennonites, two 
sects which still flourish, particular!}^ in Pennsylvania and Ohio. In 
the Colonial days Germantown was, with the banks of the Schuylkill, 
the favorite summer resort for the wealthy. Chief Justice Allen, who 
owned the first " landau " in the State, had a summer residence in 
Germantown, or that part of it now known as Mount Airy. James 
Logan, Chief Justice Chew, Christopher Saur (the famous printer), 
Francis Daniel Pastorius, all had homes in Germantown. In this 
quaint old place David Rittenhouse, one of the three greatest astrono- 
mers the world ever produced, was born; and here, during the yellow- 
fever epidemic of i793-'94, the seat of the National Government was 
located, and President Washington resided. Of all Philadelphia, 
there is no spot so replete with historic and interesting reminiscences. 

David Rittenhouse's Birthplace. — Within the confines of Fair- 
mount Park, on the line of Paper Mill Run, in Germantown, near 
where the little stream empties itself into the Wissahickon Creek, is 
a group of quaint old houses. Close beside an old bridge, and to its 
right, is one more picturesque and quaint than the others. In this 
ancient structure David Rittenhouse, astronomer, ])hilosopher, and 
juitriot. was born and spent his boyhood. His father operated the 
first paper mill in America, the machinery of which was operated l)y 
the sparkling waters of Paper Mill Run. Tlie first structure was 
destroyed by a flood during David Rittenhouse's early manhood, but 
was rebuilt through the aid of the fellow townsmen of his father on 
an appeal from General Washington, in which the importance of the 
mill was strenuously urged. This old mill still stands on the banks 
of the stream. " Rittenhouse Town," as the little settlement is called, 
may be reached by carriage through the Park along the Wissahickon 
Drive to Rittenhouse Street, and thence to the settlement; by train, 
on the Germantown Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad to Chelten 
Avenue, north on Ptflaski Avenue to Rittenhouse one square, and 
west on Rittenh(juse about four sc[uares; or by the People's Traction 
Company, Germantown (Pelham) cars to Chelten Avenue (securing a 
pass on Chelten Avenue when fare is paid), and west on Chelten Ave- 
nue trolley cars to depot on Rittenhouse Street, less than one square 
from " Rittenhouse Town." 

Germantown Road. — It is on Germantown Road, or Germantown 
Avenue as it is now called, that the most interesting historic places 



152 II A. YD V GUIDE TO PII ILADELPHIA. 

are to be found. They begin at Wayne Junction and extend to 
Mount Airy. Space will permit a mention of only a few of the lead- 
ing ones. 

Hood's Cemetery.— At the corner of Germantown Avenue and 
Fisher's Lane is Hood's Cemetery, originally known as the " Lower 
Burying Ground; " it was one of the two first public burial places in 
the town, "negroes" only being excluded. Here are buried many 
famous persons, including General Agnew, the British commander 
who was killed during the Battle of Germantown. 

Executive Mansion. — Nearly opposite Mill Street, and directly 
opposite the Soldiers' Monument, is the house used as the Executive 
Mansion during the yellow-fever epidemic of i7g3-'94. Here 
President Washington resided for a year, and carried on the business 
of the Government. Its present owner, Mr. Elliston P. Morris, keeps 
the "morning breakfast room," occupied by the Father of His 
Country, in as nearly as possible the same condition it was then in. 
Visitors not admitted. 

United States Bank. — At the corner of Mill Street, at the rear of 
Market Square, is a building occupied now by the Women's Christian 
Temperance Union. This was, while Germantown was the seat of 
the National Government, the United States Bank. 

State Department. — The State Department occupied two build- 
ings at (iermantown Avenue, on the north side of West School Street. 
One of these buildings has since been torn down to make room for 
the Germantown National Bank, but the other, now used as a wall- 
paper store, is still standing. 

Zinzindorf's Home. — One door above the old Executive Mansion 
is a quaint old structure, occupied, as it has been almost uninter- 
ruptedly for nearly two centuries, by members of the Ashmead fam- 
ily. It was for a short time used by Count Zinzindorf and his lovely 
daughters as a Moravian school, the same which was afterward 
removed to Bethlehem. 

Town Hall. — At Germantown Avenue and Lafayette Street is an 
open green, in the rear of which is a large brown structure sur- 
mounted by a high steeple. This is the old borough Town Hall, and 
in the tower is a clock whose bell is the one which replaced the old 
Liberty Bell of Independence Hall. In the rear of the hall are the 
police station and police-patrol house of the district. 

Engle House. — Next to the Town Hall is the old Engle House, 
the original owner of which was among the first to carry on a tannery 



THE SUBURBS AND SHORT TRITS BY RAH,. 153 

in the town. The old building fell down, and had to be removed 
only a year or two since. Since the building of the house no one, 
.save a member of the Engle family, has lived in it. 

Oldest Stone House. — The oldest stone house in Germantown is 
on Germantown Avenue, at the south side of West Walnut Lane. 
It is at present occupied by Miss Ann Haines, a descendant of the 
first builder. The house was built at three different periods, the first 
about 1690, by Hans Milan, a Hollander, who came to this country, 
presumably with Francis Daniel Pastorius, in 16S5. His daughter 
married Dirk Janssen, and a daughter of this marriage wedded 
Reuben Haines in 1760. During the Battle of Germantown this 
house was used as a hospital for British officers and soldiers, and 
their blood still stains the floor of the second story, where they were 
laid when brought in from the battlefield. On July 25, 1825, Gen- 
eral Lafayette gave a public reception in this house. The People's 
Line trolley cars pass the place. Visitors not admitted. 

Pastorius House. — Below the Haines House, on the east side of 
Germantown Avenue, on the north side of High Street, is the old 
Pastorius House, occupied by Francis Daniel Pastorius, the founder 
of Germantown, in 1685. Francis Daniel Pastorius was a lawyer 
and poet of no mean skill, who, on account of his religious convic- 
tions, left his wealthy German home to dwell in the American wil- 
derness. 

Mennonite Church. — Just above Herman Street, on the east side 
of Germantown Avenue, is the Mennonite Church, the first in Amer- 
ica. The present structure, which is a modest one-story afiiair, was 
built in 1774, and in front of it, behind a wall separating it from the 
street, lay the man who shot and mortally wounded General Agnew 
during the latter part of the Battle of Germantown. 

Johnson House. — A low, dressed-stone house stands on the north- 
west corner of (rermantown Avenne and Washington Lane, which 
was built close upon two centuries ago by a Janssen, who was an 
ancestor of the Johnson family which now own and occupy it. Here 
for a time dwelt Peter Keyser, a Mennonite preacher, who knew his 
Bible so thoroughly that he could repeat it from the first verse of the 
first chapter of Genesis to the last verse in Revelations without mak- 
ing a single mistake. During the Battle of Germantowm at this 
point, while the fog was heavy, Americans mistook Americans for 
foes, and many of them were killed before the mistake was discovered. 
An old board fence in this place, which yet stands pierced by hun- 



154 HANDY GCIDF. TO PH ILA DKLPH lA . 

dreds of IjuUet-holes, was a shelter behind whieli several soldiers 
took refuge, and the spot where four of them were killed is marked 
by four huge pear trees, planted soon after the battle was over. 

Concord Burying Ground. — On the east side, just above Washing- 
ton Lane, is the Concord or ( )ld Ax Burying Ground, whieh was 
known originally as the Upper Burying Ground. Like Hood's Ceme- 
tery, it was an early public graveyard. In it is buried a number of 
Revolutionary and British soldiers; members of the family of George 
Lippard, the famous novelist, also are interred here. Near the gate, 
their headstones may be seen from the street. 

Billmeyer House. — The Billmeyer House stands at the northeast 
corner of Ciermantown Avenue and L'f^psal Street. On the steps of 
this old mansion General Washington stood during 'the Battle of 
Germantown and directed the course of the fight. 

Dunkard Church. — On the same side, a few hundred yards north, 
just above .Sharkneck Street, is the old Dunkard or Brethren Church. 
Here was established the ilrst congregation of this faith in America, 
and because the first church, a log structure, was built by subscrip- 
tion, that section became known as Beggarstown. In the church 
building now standing were stored, during the Revolution, a large 
number of unbound copies of the edition of the Saur Hililc, now so 
rare. These were seized by the British and used as wads for their 
guns and as bedding for their horses. 

Pelham. — Recently a fine property in this section of the town, cov- 
ering (jver one hundred acres, belonging formerly to the estate of 
George W. Carpenter, was purchased by a syndicate for building 
purposes. They tore down all the old buildings, cut beautiful wind- 
ing paths through the grounds, and are now busily engaged erecting 
handsome residences thereon. No houses of a less value than $4,000 
are permitted, and some costing as much iis $60,000 have already 
been built. The handsome character of the structures, the winding 
roads, and the general park-like appearance of this property, to which 
has been given the name of Pelham, make it well worth a visit. 

Mount Airy. — Beginning with the upper end of Pelham is that 
part of the Twenty-second Ward known as Mount Airy. On the left, 
after passing Carpenter vStreet, is the Lutheran Orphans' Home, and 
nearly opposite the Memorial I'-rec Library. TJie splendid mansion 
on the same side with the librar>-, on the brow of the hill, belonged 
to the late Commodore Breeze, and many years ago the place was 
known as The Boat House, on account of its having been built by a 



THE Si'BCRBS AXD SHORT TRIPS BY RAIL. 155 

retired sea captain, with all the peculiar recesses usually found in 
steamboats. About a half a mile beyond, on the left, arc the splen- 
did grounds and buildiuiis of the Pennsylvania Institiition for the 
Deaf and Dumb. 

Chestnut Hill. — Chestnut Hill, the outlying district of the 
Twenty-second Ward, is on the summit of a considerable elevation, 
one of a series which constitutes the terminus of a spur of the 
Blue Ridge. It faces the picturesque White Marsh Valley with its 
ever varying phases of loveliness. Here are located some of the 
most magnificent residences in Philadelphia. Men who count their 
wealth bv the million make their homes on this beautiful spot. 

Wissahickon Heights. — To the west is a part of Chestnut Hill 
known as Wissahickon Heights, a sectit)n opened up to improvements 
a few years ago by the late ^Ir. II. H. Houston. Through his liber- 
ality a handsome Protestant Episcopal Church, called St. Martins-in- 
the-Field, was built, and by his enterj^rise one of the handsomest 
hotels in Pennsylvania was built. 

Wissahickon Inn. — This hotel is called the Wissahickon Inn, 
and is a huge structure in the old Elizabethan style of architec- 
ture. Although remaining open all the year round, its chief attrac- 
tion is to summer visitors. The rates charged are $4 a day, baths 
extra. 

Germantown, West Side. — Although there are splendid mansions 
on the east side of Germantown proper, it is on the west side that 
the greater number are located. From Wayne Junction to Chestnut 
Hill they extend almost without a break, surrounded by fine lawns 
and beautiful trees. 

West Philadelphia. 

Bridges. — The following bridges connect West with old Phila- 
delphia ; .South Street, Walnut Street, Chestnut Street, Market 
Street, Callowhill Street, Girard Avenue, and City Avenue. Besides, 
there are beyond two or three wooden structures owned and oper- 
ated by corporations. The bridges belonging to the city are all 
splendid specimens of art, and built either of stone or iron. 

Streets. — Some of the handsomest sections of northern West 
Philadelphia are comprised in Baring Street, Powelton Avenue, 
Springfield Avenue ; and in south West Philadelphia, the section 
bounded by 37th and 42d streets and Chestnut and Spruce streets, 
including Chester Avenue. 

Overbrook. — Within the limits of the city, and on the line of the 
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156 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA, 

Pennsylvania, is a large tract devoted to suburban homes of an 
elegant character, to which has been given the name of Overbrook. 
It is controlled by practically the same syndicate as that which is 
improving Pelham, and the character of the buildings and the 
restrictions regarding their erection are the same. 

Wayne and St. Davids. — All ahmg the line of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad are dotted beautiful suburban towns; chief among 
them are Wayne and St. Davids, which are about half an hour's 
ride from Broad Street. The ground is about 400 feet above the 
city, and the surroundnig scenery is of a lovely character. 

Bryn Mawr and Devon. — Two more of these noted suburban towns 
are Bryn Mawr and Devon. At the latter is the Devon Inn, a hotel 
built on the plan of the Wissahickon Inn, at Chestnut Hill, and 
rivaling that house in popularity. Both places are connected with 
the city by a splendid driving road. 

Other Suburban Places. 

Besides these alread}^ mentioned, there are Merion, Narbcth, 
Wynnewood, Ardmore, Haverford, Rosemont, Villa Nova, Radnor, 
Strafford, Berwyn, and Paoli, all thriving places devoted almost 
exclusively to homes of wealthy Philadelphia business men. 

Camden. — While Camden can not be said to be a suburb of 
Philadelphia, in the strictest sense of the word, since it is in another 
State, and is a separate municipality, yet its proximity to Phila- 
delphia, and the fact that a large number of Philadelphia mer- 
chants and workmen have their homes there, makes mention of it 
necessary. 

Its Locathui. — Its position opposite Philadelphia, and its favor- 
able situation in other ways, is causing Camden to become an 
industrial city of some importance. Its streets are laid out on the 
same general plan as its sister city across the river, and many of the 
habits and customs of the place are similar. 

Its Hiditstrit's. — Prominent among its industries are important 
and large chemical works, furniture factories, machine shops, soap 
works, and steel pen-making establishments. 

Cooper's Hospitcxl. — One of its finest charitable establishments is 
Cooper Hospital, an institution fdunded .some years ago by the 
man whose name it bears. 

Rixilroad TeriJiinals. — All the raih-oads from the seaside resorts 
and from nearly all the South New Jersey towns have their terminals 



THE SUBURBS AND SHORT TRIPS BY RAIL. 157 

in Camden. These railroads include the West Jersey division of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad, running from Cape May, Atlantic City, and 
other ocean towns ; the Camden & Atlantic Road, for Atlantic City ; 
the Pennsylvania Railroad fnmr Barnegat, Seaside Park, Ocean 
Grove, Asbury Park, Long Branch, Manasquan, etc. ; the old Camden 
& Amboy, and the New Jersey Divisions of the Philadelphia & Read- 
ing Railroad. 

Short Excursions Out of Town By Rail. 

Mauch Chunk. — Visitors remaining sometime in the city fre- 
quently have a desire to take short excursions to vary the daily sight 
of closely built up streets. One of the most satisfactory trijjs of 
this character is to Mauch Chunk, on the line of the Lehigh Valley. 
This picturesque district has aptly been termed the Switzerland of 
America; the mountains are grouped together in wild confusion, and 
rear their rugged and lofty heights well into the clouds. The 
village of Mauch Chunk is on one of the mountain sides, and the 
houses are placed one above the other, giving the appearance of a 
gigantic and irregular staircase. The highest of the peaks at Mauch 
Chunk is called Mt. Pisgah, and, besides the sublime scenery which 
this and its giant brethren present, there are two other attractions 
which bring annually many thousand people to this region. These 
are the Switchback and Glen Onoko. The first is a gravity railway 
which carries passengers down the mountain slope with safety, but 
with lightning-like rapidity. The other is a species of caiion filled 
with falls and cascades which are exquisitely enchanting. Good 
hotels at Mauch Chunk are abundant. 

Houi to Get There. — To visit this picturesque and entrancing 
place, an excursion ticket is purchased from the agents of the Lehigh 
Valley or the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad companies, and a 
morning train taken from the Reading Terminal Station at 12th and 
Market streets. 

Jenkintown. — In a short time, Jenkintown, a pretty suburb of 
Philadelphia, on the North Pennsylvania Ijranch of the Philadelphia 
&• Reading Road, is reached. Here the Reading trains for Bound 
Brook and New York strike ofT to the right. Beyond, the road runs 
through rich, rolling farm-lands dotted with suburban villages; and 
tlie train passes in quick succession Fort Washington (where the 
Continental army, after its defeat at the Battle of Germantown, threw 
up fortifications and made a stand), Ambler, Pennlyn, North Wales, 



158 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Lansdalc, and numerous other thriving plaees on its way to 
Bethlehem. 

Bethlehem. — -Here the route over the Lehigh Valley Line begins. 
Bethlehem itself is a place of great historic interest. It was founded 
a little more than one hundred and fifty years ago by the Moravians, 
and named Bethlehem throvigh a dramatic incident in which Count 
Zinzindorf was concerned. The old community houses, including the 
"Sister House," from which the famous banner was given to the Conti- 
nental troops, are still standing. At Bethlehem also are situated the 
great iron works which turn out much of the famous Harveyized naval 
armor. 

Allentown. — Allentown, a picturesque little city, called by the 
irreverent " Peanuts-stedl," is six miles beyond. At this place the 
Lehigh Valley Company has a magnificent depot, which spans a 
pretty trout stream called the Jordan. 

A Panorama of Beauty. — From this point on, the scenery 
becomes a perpetual panorama of beauty. The broad, rapid-run- 
ning Lehigh River is on one side of the tracks, which are bound in 
by huge hills on both sides, which become higher and more rugged 
as the journey progresses. 

Lehigh Gap. — At length Lehigh Gap is reached. Here the river, 
in by-gone ages, burst through the Blue Mountains, leaving high, 
broken cliffs frowning on the waters below. From here to Mauch 
Chunk is but eleven miles. There is abundant time to visit Glen 
Onoko and go over the Switchback and return the same day. 

Wilkesbarre. — If the visitor can spare a few days' time he is 
strongly advi.sed to continue the journey a few miles farther, for the 
scenery between Mauch Chunk and Wilkesbarre is inexpressil)ly 
grand. Leaving the former place the visitor should take the left- 
hand side of the car, because for the next forty or fifty miles the best 
views are on tliat side. From Mauch Chunk the road climbs up the 
mountain until an altitude of 2,000 feet above tide-water is reached. 
From this point to Wilkesbarre is nineteen miles, but in that dis- 
tance there is all the scenic bcaiity that nature can crowd. 

Glen Summit. — At the top of the mountain, which is known as 
Nesco])ec Mountain, is a large and handsome hotel, called Glen Sum- 
mit. This is a favorite resort for both New Yorkers and Philadel- 
phians, and accommodations may he had there for from $3 to $4 jDer 
day. 'i'hc time re(iuired to reach this point from Philadelphia, pre 
suming no slops are made by the way, is four liours. 



THE SUBURBS AND SHORT TRIPS BY RAIL. 159 

Along- Reading's Main Line. 

A ride, only second to an excursion, to Mauch Chunk and 
Wilkesbarre, in point of scenic beauty, is a day's trip along the main 
line of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company to Reading, 
or, if time permits, to West Milton, by way of the Catawissa branch, 
of which more will presently be said. Within twenty minutes after 
leaving the Reading Terminal Depot the train enters pretty scenery, 
which constantly increases in beauty to the end of the journey. 
Excluding for the present everj-thing beyond Reading there are 
three notable places worth visiting. The first of the.se is Valley 
Forge. 

Valley Forge. — This place is but twenty-three miles from Phila- 
delphia, and an hour only is consumed in reaching it. Here were the 
winter quarters of the Continental army in lyyy-'yS and the old 
breastworks, Washington's quarters, and other remains of the army's 
occupation are still to be seen. The vState recently ordered the pur- 
chase of all the land on which are situated the most precious relics, 
for the purpose of preserving them, and converting the whole into a 
park. Valley Forge lies in a great basin on the banks of the Schuyl- 
kill. The rim is made up of high tree-clothed hills, almost high 
enough to be termed mountains. There are beautiful drives and 
picturesque nooks in plenty, and a little trout fishing in season, in one 
or two of the streams, and good black-bass fishing in the river offer 
inducements to the angler. 

Pottstown. — A second place of great interest on the main line of 
tile Reading is Pottstown, a thriving place forty miles distant, and one 
hour and a half's ride, from Philadelphia. The chief attraction here is 
a wonderful group of rocks a few miles outside of the town known as 
the Ringing Rocks. These boulders, which cover, like a moraine of 
a glacier, ii large extent of ground, give out when struck sweet sounds 
like those of a chime of bells, and of their musical qualities a tragic 
but pretty Indian legend is told. It is too long to relate here, but 
according to it, the rocks first gave forth their sweet notes when an 
Indian warrior and his betrothed toppled from Signal Rock, the high- 
est of the group, from the death wound received from vengeful foes 
who were watching their meeting. Recently a corporation has pur- 
chased the place, built an electric railway to the rocks, erected hand- 
some pavilions and dancing floors, and arranged a lovely lake amid 
the abundant trees. It is becoming a favorite resort for Sunday 
School and other picnic parties. 



160 HANDY GUIDF. TO PHILADELPniA. 

Reading. — The trip to Reading is a source of constant delight. 
The winding Schuylkill, the rolling hills, the tree-crested and blue- 
tinted mountains all keep the eyes and senses delighted and 
unwearied. Reading, the county seat of Berks, was founded by the 
Penns, and named after their English homestead. Two mountains 
about a thousand feet high tower to the right of the river, one called 
Mount Penn and the other the Neversink. 

Mount Penn. — Leaving the train, which departing from Phila- 
delphia about lo o'clock in the morning arrives about 11.40, the vis- 
itor takes, a square or two away, trolley cars for the foot of Mount 
Penn. Here at a quaint hostelry an excellent lunch may be had 
and the ascent of the mountain begun. 

Penn Gravity Road.— This ascent is made by means of a gravity 
railroad, which starts close by the little hotel, and which is known as 
the Mount Penn (xravity Railroad. A " mountain climber" locomo- 
tive, with several open cars attached, then begins, witli much puffing 
and blowing, to haul its load up the two-mile steep and winding in- 
cline, among thick trees and around steep rocks. Every now and 
then during the ascent open places are come upon, giving extended 
and glorious views of the valley for miles to the north and west. In 
fifteen minutes the summit is reached and the passengers di.sembark. 
Pen can not adequately describe the jxinorama. To the west there 
is a grand picture of Reading mapped out by nature; to the south- 
east is Birdstxiro; and bevond, tlic silver thread-like Schuylkill wind- 
ing toward Philadelphia. To the west, again beyond Reading, 
stretches the famous Lebanon Valley, bounded on the north by the 
Blue Mountains, witli the South Mountains on the south. Em- 
barking again, the train is I'ound to be minus a locomotive, and the 
cars go rushing down the incline at a rapid pace, giving frequent 
glimpses of rare and lovely bits of scenery. A brief journey brings 
the visitor once more to the base of the mountain. 

Neversink Mountain.— Returning by trolly cars the visitor alights 
at Ninth iuid Penn streets, and there takes the Neversink Electric 
road. Ten or fifteen minutes' ride brings him to the base of the 
Neversink Mountain, and as the ascent is made he is ti'eated to a 
succession of delightful surprises. A few hundred feet of winding 
and twisting brings the car to the borders of a steep cliff, from which 
a charming panorama is unfolded. Spread out is a brave array of 
l)ublic buildings of various kinds. An amphitheater of hills bounds 
the horizon; Mount Penn, to the north, marshals the heights and 



THE SUBURBS AND SHORT TRIPS BY RAIL. 161 

serenely reviews Mounts Washinglon and Jefferson. Renewing the 
trip, the car passes a flourishing strip of woodland and emerges upon 
a spur looking ^ipon Woodvale and the enchanting Antietam Valley. 
Poplar Neck Bend is in view with the winding Schuylkill and 
finally the famous Point Lookout. Soon after the summit is reached. 
Here is built a large and handsome hotel, called the Neversink 
Mountain House, where guests are received by the day or week, and 
from which magnificent views are obtained of the valleys and the 
encircling mountains. The journey down the Neversink is as full 
of delightful surprises as the ascent, not the least among which is 
Klapperthal Park, a place, as an enthusiastic Emerald Islander ex- 
pressed it, " which is a charming sylvan retreat, surrounded by lofty 
forest-covered mountains, down which purling streams of clear 
spring water wind like silver threads." The journey from Philadel- 
phia to Reading and return, including a visit to both Mounts Penn 
and Neversink, can easily be made in a day, allowing nearly six 
hours in which to make the two ascents. 

A Four-Hundred-Mile Trip. — For those who are fond of beautiful 
scenery the following trip is recommended. It covers 400 miles and 
may be made in a single day by taking the newspaper train from 
12th and Market streets in the morning, the time for arrival again in 
the city being about 10.30 v. m. By this trip a magnificent series of 
nature's pictures may be seen, the most glorious of which is com- 
pressed in some forty miles along the Catawissa road, in one part the 
train passing over seven immense trestle bridges, the largest about 
one mile in length and the highest about 300 feet. The whole route 
is over the Reading and its branches. Twelfth and Market to Read- 
ing; Reading to Lebanon; Lebanon to Pine Grove; Pine Grove to 
Auburn; Auburn to Pottsville, dinner at this point; Pottsville to 
Tamaqua; Tamaqua to East Mahony Junction; Catawissa road to 
West Milton; West Milton to Philadelphia. The waits between these 
difl^erent points are from five to twenty minutes, except at Pottsville, 
where there is an interval of about an hour and half between trains. 

Chester. — An interesting and pretty trip may be taken to Chester 
by the trolleys. The route may be found by reference to the street 
railway lines. 

Woodbury. — A trolley-car trip to Woodbury and Almonessing 
Pond, New Jersey, is also a desirable and interesting trip. Take the 
ferry for Kaighn's Point, Camden, and there the Woodbury trolley 
cars. 



162 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Willow Grove. — Willow Grove is on the outskirts of Philadelphia 
and may be reached by People's line trolley cars going north on Eighth 
Street. At Willow Grove is a famous mineral spring and a handsome 
park. The place is also interesting geologically, from the fact that 
there are yet to be seen the remains of a great inland sea of a 
former age. 




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XII. 
SEASIDE RESORTS. 



Atlantic City. 

Although Atlantic City is on the ocean side of New Jersey, and is 
an independent city sixty miles from Philadelphia, it may, in many 
respects, be termed a suburb of this last-named municipality, from 
the fact that a great majority of its large floating population, both in 
winter and summer, and many of its semi-residents are Philadel- 
phians. The great watering place was made by Philadelphians; a 
great many of the handsome cottages are owned or rented by them, 
and it is their money which makes the place prosperous. Atlantic 
City is a thoroughly democratic place, it being the pleasure resort of 
the poor man as well as of the millionaire. Orderly and innocent 
pleasure-loving people of all classes enjoy themselves in their several 
ways without the exhibition of caste prejudice. 

Why Famous. — TJie Bi-acJt. — Atlantic City has become famous as 
a seaside resort from two causes — its magnificent shore-line and its 
wonderful board walk. The heavy surf which rolls in on the flat beach 
affords delightful bathing, perfectly safe to those who do not venture 
out too far, or who observe the cautions of the life-savers, who are 
there in abundance, in regard to the location of any deep spots which 
the action of waves and tide may make. The beach is hard and 
nearly level, affording a splendid natural carriage drive, which is 
taken advantage of by pleasure parties by the thousand, both in 
summer and winter. 

The Board Walk. — The board walk is an invention of Atlantic 
City. When its popularity was assured, other seaside resorts fol- 
lowed, but none have equaled, much less surpassed, the famous 
water-front promenade of the chief Atlantic (3cean pleasure town. 
Destroyed by the great storm of September, 18S9, the original 

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164 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

board walk was reiDlaced by another nearly four miles long, twenty- 
four feet wide, and about twelve feet above the sands, at a cost 
of some $60,000. During- the summer season, the greater part of 
Atlantic City's population is to be ftnind in the morning or the even- 
ing on this popular walk, yet with the thousands which daily prome- 
nade it, it never seems overcrowded, and the funny incidents 
constantl}' occurring are sufficient to arouse the most blase and to cure 
the most confirmed of misanthropes. 

Wrecks. — The sea off the coast of Atlantic City is not the safest in 
the world, and as a consequence there have been witnessed here 
many terrible marine tragedies. It is said that there is not a mile in 
the whole length of this beach that has not received at some time or 
other the hulk of some wrecked ship, and the skeletons of many are 
still to be seen half-buried in the sands. Among the notable disasters 
of this character was the wreck of the Ellis, a ship which sailed from 
Liverpool just before the Revolution, loaded with tea, and having a 
British officer on board to enforce the Stamp Act. Other wrecks are 
as follows: 

1S30. — A nameless vessel .supposed to be manned by pirates. 

— • The George Cannon from Liverpocjl with a cargo of dry goods 
and hardware. 

— The Genghis Khan, a passenger vessel. Captain Burke. 
1S40.— The schooner General Scott, all on board lost except the cap- 
tain. 

1S46. — A small schooner, Captain Lowe. 

1854. — April i6th. The bark Powhattan from Havre, with 300 Ger- 
man passengers and ofifieers. All on board were lost. This 
wreck occurred at what is called Long Beach. 

— About the .same time the schooner Manhattan, Captain Fields, 
struck the shore half a mile below the Pcnvhattan, and all were 
lost except one person. 

1867. — The Santiago de Cuba a steamer from the Pacific Coast, with 
317 passengers, came ashore during a fog. The majority of 
the passengers and crew were saved. 

1S77. — The Rockaway, a new excursion steamer from Norfolk to 
New York, was wrecked; no lives lost. 

1880. — The schooner Anson vStinson came ashore just below Missis- 
sippi Avenue. The iiulk of this boat still remains in the 
sand. 

1884. — January 9th. The Robert Morgan, a three-masted schooner 
from New Haven, struck the sands at the foot of New York 
Avenue. The vessel remained imbedded in the sands for six 
months and was finally fioated comparatively uninjured. 

1889.— The German bark (ieestemunde was wrecked opposite Sea- 
view, 'i'he crew was saved. 



SEASIDE J? E SORTS. 165 

As a Winter Resort. — The curative properties of the air of 
Athmtic City are recognized by physicians. For sore throats and 
mild forms of lung and other diseases the dry salt air is said to be 
very beneficial. It is also a favorite visiting point for Lenten parties, 
as well as for the general pleasure seeker and for the business man 
who desires to rest a day or twd. 

Atlantic City Itself. — Atlantic City is on an island, and is sepa- 
rated from the main land by water and a broad stretch of meadow 
land. It has the finest and most comfortable hotels on the coast; its 
sanitary arrangements are perfect; its water supply from artesian 
wells is abundant and pure; it is lighted by electricity and gas, and 
has all the modern adjuncts of a first-class city. 

How to <iot to Atlantic City. 

Three lines of railroad run to Atlantic City, one under the control 
of the Philadelphia & Reading, and two under the Pennsylvania; 
the latter are the West Jersey and the Camden & Atlantic. Of 
the three, the Reading is the shortest by six miles, the Camden 8c 
Atlantic the next, and the West Jersey the longest, but in point 
of time the journey by any one of the three is about the same. 

By the West Jersey. — By the Pennsylvania route, the excur- 
sionist takes the ferry at Market Street, and by the Reading, the 
ferry from Chestnut Street. The Pennsylvania ferryboats cross 
the Delaware River to Camden, the passengers transferring to the 
cars in the depot on the wharf, and in from sixty to eighty minutes the 
train reaches Atlantic City. By the West Jersey route many pretty 
tcnvns are passed through. Among the first is Woodbury, a place of 
some 4,000 inhabitants, a fair proportion of whom are Philadelphia 
business men. The town receives its name from Richard Wood, a 
man who came from Berry, England, in 16S4, and settled in this neigh- 
borhood. In 1777 Lord Cornwallis had his headquarters here. Beyond 
Woodbury is Pittman Grove, a well-known camp-meeting ground. 
Glassboro is another pretty town passed through; it receives its name 
from a celebrated glassworks located there, which were established 
in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and owned for many 
years by Col. Thomas Heston, a Revolutionary patriot, and brother 
to Col. Edward Heston, both known in those days as " the fighting 
Quakers." Mays Landing, famous in the War of 1812, is another 
hamlet reached by the West Jersey; and Pleasantville, near the 
Atlantic City JNIeadows, is the last stopping place. 



166 HANDY GUIDE TO PIIILADELPJIIA. 

Camden & Atlantic Route. — Leaving Camden, the Camden & 
Atlantic Railroad passes first through Haddonfield, about six miles 
out, and thence through a number of small villages, including Kirk- 
wood, Berlin (many years ago known as Long-a-Coming), Atco, 
Waterford, and Winslow. Beyond, and half-way between Camden 
and Atlantic City, is Hammonton, a town of about 4,000 people, 
settled by a colony from New England, in 1S60, the members of 
which devote themselves almost exclusively to fruit raising. Beyond 
Hammonton some distance, is a widely-known place called Egg 
Harbor City. Here are some noted vineyards, and here is made 
the celebrated Egg Harbor wines. Near Atlantic City is Absecom, 
a small town founded in 1695 by Thomas Budd. 

By the Reading Route. — Passengers for Atlantic City, by the 
Reading route, leave the foot of Chestnut or South Street, and are 
taken by ferry to the depot at Kaighn's Point, Camden. The road- 
bed of this roi:te is superb, and very rapid time is made, and is much 
liked on account of there being a double track all the way between 
the Delaware and the ocean. The route lies through pretty much 
the same towns as the Camden & Atlantic Railroad, and in many 
places the tracks of the two roads are plainly visible from each 
other. 

Tickets and Rates of Fare. — In consequence of the strong com- 
petition between the railroads excursion tickets, good for ten days, 
may be bought for $1.75. When these tickets are purchased from 
the Pennsylvania System they may be used over either or both the 
Camden & Atlantic and the West Jersey. Single tickets are consid- 
erably higher. 

Hotels. — Atlantic City probably excels all other towns in the 
country in the number of its hotels, as well as in the variety of 
entertainment afforded by them. Good accommodations can be had 
at $6 a week, and from this the figures range upward gradually 
into the fifties. It would be impossible, in the space allotted in a 
work like this, to enumerate the various hotels and public cottages 
at Atlantic City, nor is it at all necessary, for a visitor can in a very 
short time find suitable accommodation. Among the hotels, how- 
ever, may be mentioned a few of the leading t)nes, with their rates, 
and a few of the cheaper houses. 

Al/iaiiibra. — $10 to $i.S per week; $2 to $3 i)er day. Open all the 
year. 

A7'oii(ia/c\—%].o to $12 per week; $2 to $3 per day. Open all the 
vear. 



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Arlington. — $io to$i5 per \yeek; $2 per day. Open all the year. 

A lb/on. — $15 per week; $3 per day. Open spring and summer. 

Albemarle. — $15 to $2<3 per week'; $2 to $3 per day. Open all the 
year. 

Brighlon. — $25 to $50 per week; $3.50 to $5 per day. Open all 
the year. 

Brady. — $10 per week; $1.50 per day. Open spring and summer. 

Boscobfl. — $10 to $15 per week; $2 to $2. 50 per day. Ojjen spring 
and summer. 

Chalfonte. — $15 to $25 per week; $3 to $4 per da3\ Open all the 
year. 

Clarendon. — $12 to $16 per week; $2 to $3 per day. Open sum- 
mer only. 

Champion. — $10 to $12 per week; $2 per day. Open all the year. 

Congress Hall. — $15 to $25 per week; $2.50 to $3 per day. Open 
during summer season. 

Dennis. — $iS to $30 per week; $3 to $5 per day. Open all the 
year. 

Elberton. — -$10 to$i5 per week; $2 to $2.50 per day. Open spring 
and summer. 

Fredonia. — $S to 10 per week; $2 to $2.50 per day. Open spring 
and summer. 

Gould. — $0 to $14 per week; $1.50 to $2 per day. Open all the year. 

Haddon Hall.— $18 to $30 per week; $3 to $5 per day. Open all 
the year. 

Hoffman. — $16 to $iS per week; $3 to $3.50 per day. 

Mansion. — $16 to $25 per week; $3 to $4 per day.' Open all the 
year. 

Ocean House. — $15 to $2operweek; $2.50 to $3.50 per day. Open 
all the year. 

Oeean Queen. — $10 to $14 per week; $2 to $3 per day. Open all 
the year. 

Pembroke. — $7 to $12 per week; $1.50 to $2 per day. Open all 
the year. 

Shclbourne. — $18 to $30 per week; $3 to $4 per day. Open all the 
year. 

Seaside. — $16 to $28 per week; $3 to $4 per day. Open all the year. 

Shaujflers. — $16 to $18 per week; $2.50 to $3 per day. Open 
spring and summer. A favorite resort for Germans; a fine house. 

Senate. — $14 to $iS per week; $3 per day. Open all the year. 

Traymore. — $18 to $25 per week; $3 to $5 per day. Open all 
the year. 

United States. — $18 to $30 per week; $3 to $5 per day. Open all 
the year. 

Upton. — $10 to $15 per week; $2 to $2.50 per day. Open all the 
year. 

]^ietoria.^-%\o to $18 per week; $2 to $2.50 per day. Open all 
the year. 

Whit tier. — $10 to $15 per week; $2 to $2.50 per day. Open all 
the year. 



168 I/AXDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

The Streets of Atlantic City. — The streets of Atlantic City arc 
laid out as in Philadelphia, that is, in straight lines at right angles 
with each other. The main thoroi:ghfares running parallel with 
the ocean are named after oceans and seas as follows; Pacific, 
Atlantic, Arctic, Baltic, Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Caspian. 
Those running at right angles are named after the various vStates, 
beginning with Maine and ending with Iowa. Oi the ocean-named 
streets, Atlantic Avenue is the dividing line of the city, and the 
State-named streets are designated beyond and below, east or west. 
Thus: That part of Pennsylvania Avenue east of Atlantic Avenue is 
known as East Pennsylvania Avenue, and that part on the other 
side as West Pennsylvania Avenue. Besides these main thorough- 
fares there are many intermediate streets. 

Amusements. — During the season there are many first-class 
entertainments given. Balls and hoi)s are almost of nightly occur- 
rence at the various hotels, while there are places devoted exclusively 
to the pleasiu'e of visitors. Among the latter may he noted: 

Academy of Music. — Board Walk and New York Ave. Promis- 
cuous entertainments, dramatic, etc. 

Yoioig &^ McShcas Pier. — Foot of Tennessee Ave. Prome- 
nade, drawing of fishing net morning and afternoon, aquarium, etc. 
Also hops in the evening, especially children, and twice a week rich 
and poor attend. 

Iron I^ier. — Foot of Massachusetts Ave. Devoted to popular 
entertainments and promenade. 

Scenic Theater. — Board Walk and Tennessee Ave. 

Odd Felloios' Hall. — New York Ave. Various entertainments. 

Morris Guards Hall. — New York Ave. Various entertain- 
ments. 

Sehaujfle)'' s (harden. — North Carolina Ave. Beer garden and 
orchestral concerts. Very high grade and popular. 

.llbrechfs Garden. — Atlantic Ave., below Illinois Ave. Beer 
garden and variety show. 

Colunihia Garden. — Board Walk, on line with Reading Depot. 
Most spacious music hall on the island, orchestral concerts, supple- 
mented by large organ, one of the finest in the country. 

Lower End of Board Walk. — It would be impossible to describe 
in detail the various entertainments oftered, among which are 
merry-go-rounds, toboggan slides, inclined railways, bicycle tracks, 
and dozens of other devices to extract nickels from the visitor. All 
these are patronized by every class of ]U'oplc, without fear of ridi- 
cule. During the summer it is no uncommon sight to see the 
children of millionaires and the little ones of labcning men riding 



SEASIDE RESORTS. I(i9 

happily on the merry-go-round at the same time, and perhaps to find 
the parents fraternizing on the Switchback Railway. 
,1 , Churches. — -Atlantic City has fifteen churches as follows: 

First Presbyterian. — Pacific and Pennsylvania Aves. Morning 
service at 10.30. 

Church of the Ascension (Episcopal). — Kentucky and Pacific 
Aves. 11.00 .A. M. 

.SV. [antes (Protestant Episcopal). — Pacific and North Carolina 
Aves. 10.30 A. M. 

St. A7r//('A?.v (Roman Catholic). — Pacific Ave., below Tennessee 
Ave. 

St. Monica (Roman Catholic). — Atlantic Ave., below Texas 
Ave. 

First Methodist Episcopal . — Atlantic Ave. , below Massachusetts 
Ave. 10.30 A. .M. 

St. Paul's (Methodist Episcopal). — Ohio and Arctic Aves. 10.30 

A. .M. 

First Baptist. — Pacific Ave., below Pennsylvania Ave. 10.30 

A. M. 

German Presbvterian. — Pacific and Ocean Aves. 10.30 a. ^r. 

Friends' Meeting House. — Pacific and South Carolina Aves. 

St. Andrew's Lutheran. — Michigan Ave., cor. Pacific Ave. 
10.30 .A. M. 

Methodist J^rotesta/tt. ^Arctic and Texas Aves. 10.30 a. m. 

Colored Methodist. — -Cor. New York and Arctic Aves., also 
Ohio Ave. , above Atlantic Ave. 

Colored Baptist . — Centre St. 

Jewish Synagogue. — Pennsylvania Ave., above Pacific Ave. 

Fishing. — The fishing is one of the attractions of Atlantic City, 
and this sport maybe had in abundance both in the thoroughfares and 
outside. All the fish usually found along the New Jersey coast are 
abundant; and plenty of boats, both oar and sail, may be had at the 
Inlet, or at the railroad bridge, for small sums. The owners of the 
boats provide bait, and if necessary the outfit; but it is needless to 
say the latter is not of a very satisfactorj' nature to those accus- 
tomed to fishing for pleasure. 

Gunning. — The meadows suiTounding Atlantic City is a hunter's 
paradise, wild geese, brant, black ducks, broad bills, red heads, 
snipe, willetts, plover, and many other wild fowl abound in season. 
The laws provided for the proper protection of these birds are severe 
and strictly enforced. Among the rules to be observed ai-e that 
decoys for geese, brant, or ducks, must not be placed farther from 
the edge of the marsh, island bar, bank, blind, or ice than three rods 
distance. Hunting with alight at night also is prohibited. 



170 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Sailing. — To many, one of the chief pleasures of sea-shore life is 
the sailing. To those who are fond of this sport, Atlantic City hokl^ 
forth special inducements. The thoroughfares which divide the 
Island from the main land are brc^ad, deep, and placid; even the most 
timid, or those who subject easily to seasickness, may enjoy a sail 
over the waters of the thoroughfare without fear of unpleasant conse- 
fjuences. Those who are fond of heavier water may indulge their 
liking to their heart's content, for from the wharf to the wide ocean is 
but a few minutes' sail. At the Inlet, sail boats are for hire from early 
morning until night, either by the trip, the hour, or the day, at reason- 
able rates. Frequently one or two persons desire a sail outside, but 
feel they can not afford to hire a boat, but even for these provision 
has been made. Many owners of large sail boats make a specialty of 
forming parties from those who desire to go out, charging from 25 
cents to 50 cents a head for the trip. In addition to the sail boats 
there are at the Inlet small steamboats and tugs for the purpose of 
taking persons on short trips to adjacent islands or out to sea, for 
small sums, according to the distance covered. 

The Lighthouse. — At the northeastern end of the island is thj 
Government Lighthouse. It is not far from the Absecom Inlet, and 
from its balcony, far above the ground, a grand view may be had (A 
the land and sea. Here the wind, on the hottest day, whistles sharply 
among the netting around the glass-work, placed there partly as a 
protection against the birds attracted thither by the flashing light 
during the darkness. The structure, from base to pinnacle, is 167 
feet, and to make the ascent 22S sj^iral steps must be climbed. The 
outside gallery is 159 feet from the ground. The Funck mineral-oil 
lamp is used, with white fixed light and Fresnel lense. The light- 
house nuiy be seen at sea a distance of twelve miles. Visitors are 
admitted from (;-i"> t'> 12.00 .\. m. in the summer, and from 11.00 to 
12.00 in the winter, stormy days excepted. This lighthouse was 
comijleted January, 1S57, after twenty-three years' agitation, at 
a cost of some 150,000. As noted above, the light is a perpetual 
snare for birds. As manyas4.Si have been disabled or killed in a 
single night by dashing themselves against the illuminated lense. 

Life-Saving Station. — At Pacific and Vermont avenues is the 
Atlantic City Life-Saving Station, a building .said to be one of the 
finest cquii:)ped of the kind in the country. It is a Gothic structure, 
having three rooms and a pantr\- on tlie first floor, and three rooms 
on the second. On the roof is erected a lookout, where a constant 



SEASIDE RESORTS. 171 

watch is kept for vessels in distress. It was erected in 1S84, 
and is ii^ charge of a captain and seven assistants. On the first 
clear day each week the crew is drilled with the mortar and life-line, 
sea car, and surf boat, beginning at 8.00 a. m. The building is free 
to visitors daily. 

Signal Station. — In a brick building, at Atlantic and New York 
avenues, is the United States Signal Station. This interesting abode 
of the clerk of the weather is also free to visitors during the day. 

Casino. — Among the attractive places to visit is the Casino, located 
on the Board Walk near the foot of Indiana Avenue. Here are sun 
parlors for invalids and convalescents, and a dramatic room for pri- 
vate theatricals, readings, musicales, and other entertainments. 
Adjoining the building are dressing rooms for surf -bathers, hot and 
cold sea-water baths. Close by is a large swimming pool, said to be 
the finest in America, besides bowling allej^s and shuffle-board par- 
lors. While the Casino is conducted as a club, visitors are admit- 
ted by the pa},-ment of a small per diem or weekly subscription, which 
includes admission, day and evening, to the daily concerts and to the 
semi-weekly dances. 

Charitable and Benevolent Institutions. — Some of the charitable 
and benevolent institutions of Philadelphia have branches located at 
Atlantic City. There are also several purely local concerns of a high 
order. Among these are the 

Sa7utarmm and Hospital, located on New York Avenue near 
Pacific Avenue. Here are received persons suffering from anything 
except contagious diseases. Trained nurses are in attendance, and 
free beds are endowed by Atlantic City and by benevolent institutions. 
This hospital is a purely local institution. 

House of Rest. — The Girls' Friendly Society, under the manage- 
ment and auspices of the Girls' Friendly Society of the diocese of 
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, have erected at Rhode Island and 
Atlantic avenues a House of Rest, as a memorial to Miss Letitia 
Townsend, once general secretary of the order in this country. It is 
a i^leasant and cozy home. 

Boys' F>ce Reading Room. — There is a Boys' Free Reading 
P..()om on Indiana Avenue near Atlantic. It was built through the 
generosity of Mrs. C. A. Stephens of Mannayunk, a suburb of Phil- 
adelphia, and is absolutely free to whoever chooses to make use of it. 
Besides about 700 volumes, there is a lecture room and a museum 
attached. 



173 HAAWY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

Cape May. 

Within easy reach of Philadelphia is Cape May, one of the most 
delightful seaside resorts in the country, readily accessible at all 
times and thoroughly enjoyable at every season of the year. Visitors 
to the Quaker City, if traveling for pleasure, ought to make the trip 
as a matter of course, if they really desire to include in their experi- 
ences every favorable opportunity for health-giving recreation. 
Those called to Philadelphia on business, if they have a few days, or 
even a few hours, to spare, can easily repair their mental energies 
and acquire new physical vigor by a brief sojourn at this ancient and 
cozy, yet modernized and truly progressive ocean retreat. 

Location. — Cape ]\Iay, as substantial in appearance as a thrifty 
New England town, is located at the southern extremity of New 
Jersey. Cape Henlopen, Delaware, lies opposite. Between these 
two points the waters of Delaware Bay enter the Atlantic. This 
expanse covers three thousand miles of ocean to the east, and 
twenty or thirty miles of bay to the west. The city is built on an 
upland island on the ocean side of the extreme point of the cape, 
facing southeast, and is never flooded by extraordinary tides. The 
ocean on the east and south, with Delaware Bay west and northwest, 
insures continuous sea breezes. Both shores of the lower peninsula 
of New Jersey are exceedingly picturesque, the great sand drives 
and gnarled cedars on the bay side forming a strange yet interesting 
picture ; and the wonderful phenomena noticeable in the growth of 
the rich holly woods, cedars, persimmons, and sassafras trees, at 
Wildwood and Holly Beach, is extremely interesting to all students 
of nature. 

Temperature and Climate. — The range of temperature at Cape 
May in January is from 2S" to 40"; February, 30" to 40' ; March, 34 
to 46'; April, 42" to 54"; May, 54° to 66°; June, 64 to 74"; July, 70 
to 80°; August, 70' to So"; September, 64" to 72"; October, 52° to 64 ; 
November, 40° to 52^; December, 30 to 42. This record indicates 
an absence of extremes, and a. more equable climate than any other 
at this latitude in our country. 

"There 's but a single town on the whole coast of the United 
States," says an excellent authority, "that can compare with it in 
this respect, and that one is Key West, at the very southern extremity 
of the Florida reef. The frosts of winter and the heats of summer 
are tempered by her proximity to bay and ocean. Snow and ice 




THE 
KING 
OF 

OCEAN 
HOTELS 



The 



STOCKTON 

HOTEL" 



••••OMRE TVYMV, N. J.---- 

Opens Jlonday, July ist, 1895, under new and popular manage- 
ment, who will leave nothing undone that will conduce to the 
comfort and pleasiu'e of their guests. 



Accommodations for one thousand people. Finest cuisine. Pri- 
vate baths and parlors, and rooms en suite. Hassler's famous 
orchestra in attendance. European terms, $1.00 a da}^ and ujj. 
American plan, S3. 00 a day and up, and $17.00 per week. 

"TJie Stockton" is the finest Hotel on the Atlantic Seaboard. 



HORACE M. CAKE. 



Edward k. Cake, manager. 



SEASIDE RESORTS. 173 

speedily disappear under the influence of the south wind, and the 
same breezes bring to her shores in summer, cooling zephyrs for 
thousands who yearly take advantage of them for health or pleasure. 
The climate of Cape Maj^ is semi-tropical in character. Cotton and 
cane will mature, and fruits and plants of the southern zone flourish 
if properly cultivated." 

The Beach and Bathing Facilities. — The whole length of 
beach, from Cape May Point to Sewell's Point, is five miles. That 
portion of it i:sed for bathing purposes is about a mile in extent. 
The shore is broad and smooth. Its firmness renders it useful and 
quite comfortable for driving as well as for pedestrian exercise. 
Bathing facilities are ample, being usually considered superior to 
th )se of any resort along the Atlantic Coast, and include five large, 
well-equipped establishments, known as the Stockton, Congress, 
E.\:celsior, Windsor, and Columbia Baths. For the special accommo- 
dation of invalids and those who are unable to enjoy surf-bathing, 
hot sea- water baths have been erected; these have been found highly 
beneficial to those in feeble health, and many have attributed com- 
plete restoration to health to their invigorating influences. The 
attendance and courtesy shown at each of these places leaves noth- 
ing to be desired. The time usually chosen for bathing is from i i.oo 
A. M. to I.oo p. M., but bathing in costume continues until the evening 
meal hour each day. Men who are early risers have the privilege of 
bathing without costume from daybreak in the summer season until 
6.00 or 6. 30 A. M. The appearance of early jDromenaders on the board 
walks is a signal for early bathers to retire. 

Promenades and Drives. — The boulevard, with promenade and 
drive, extends from Cape May Point to the Stockton Hotel, a distance 
of about three miles. Along this route the ocean is in clear view, the 
waves, at high tide, rolling to within a few feet of the carriage-way. 
What is known as the Turnpike Drive has become a favorite carriage 
route for visitors, enabling them to enjoy the ocean view for a con- 
siderable distance, then taking them through pleasant roads and 
avenues in the district around Cape May City. 

The Pier. — At the foot of Decatur Street is the iron Ocean Pier, 
now about 800 feet long. It is a favorite promenade. On one loart 
an amphitheater, to seat several hundred people, has been con- 
structed. Summer opera is given in the inclosure at intervals 
by select traveling companies. This is a somewhat novel feature 
and one that has proved unusually attractive. At the farther end of 



174 HAA'DV Ci'IDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

the pier is a lower deck, where fisliermen may enjoy their sport at 
ease, sheltered and unmolested. 

Walks. — There are numerous delightful walks in the vicinity of 
the hotels. Cape May, as a resort, has been favorably known for 
nearly if not quite a century, and, from time to time, wealthy influ- 
ential men and women of Philadelphia and other famous cities have 
built handsome residences on or near the principal thoroughfares. 
Many of these dwellings are elegantly constructed, picturesque in 
appearance, and surrounded with rich foliage, evidencing the care 
and good taste of their owners and occupants, made more conspicuous 
in many instances by beautiful floral disj^lays. 

Residences. — Among the permanent residences on Beach Avenue 
well worth seeing are those of Mrs. General Phil. Kearne3^ Thomas 
F. Kelly of PhiladeljDhia, Mrs. William Weightman, Jr., of Philadel- 
phia, and Ex-President Harrison. On Columbia Avenue may be 
seen the houses of L. A. Scott, John M. Rogers of Philadelphia 
(formerly the residence of Congressman John E. Reyburn), and Ex- 
City Treasurer of Philadelphia, Geo. D. McCreary. On Jackson 
Street are handsome private dwellings occupied by John J. McCon- 
nell of Philadelphia, and Mayor Edmunds of Cape May. Dr. Emlen 
Physick and Ex-Mayor James M. E. Hildreth have elegant places of 
residence on Washington Street. Other houses of note include those 
of Charles H. Dougherty of Philadelphia, Dr. Reed, and Mrs. Evan 
Morris. 

Fishing. — There is ample still-water and deep-sea fishing at Cape 
May. The supply of snapping mackerel, black bass, sea trout, king 
fish, flounders, red and black drum, rock or striped bass, perch, 
sheepshead, and hake is plentiful. All that is necessary in the way 
of boats, tackle, and the like can be obtained without difficulty. 

Boating, Yachting, Shooting. — Adequate provision is made for 
boating and yachting. Cat-rigged and schooner-rigged boats are for 
hire. The naphtha packet Wildwood runs several times a day to the 
resorts on Five-Mile Beach, taking the inside route. The headquarters 
for yachting is at Sewell's Point. Water-fowl shooting can be 
indulged in during the season. 

Other Amusements.— To encourage physical culture, the Cajje 
May Athletic Club lias been formed. There are athletic grounds and 
a baseball park. For the children and such others as enjo)^ the 
sport, a large carousel, with music and modern appliances, has been 
erected near the beach. 




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w^iNdsor hotel 

Cape May, N. J. 

OPEN SPRING, SUMMER, AND AUTUMN. 

This Hotel is situated loo feet frcnii the beach, and 
fronts on Beach Avenue, affordinti;- its guests a clear, 
unobstructed view of the ocean, no obstacles appearing 
ni front, such as bathing booths, pavilions, scaffold 
l)oard walks, etc. 

Having all modern improvements necessary for a sea- 
side resort, such as long sun-parlors, steam heat, electric 
bells and lights, together with unsurpassed cuisine, fault- 
less service, and excellent entertainments, enables The 
Windsor to provide a comfortable home for its patrons 
during their sojourn at Cape May. 

A uniformed representative of this Hotel will meet all 
trains, and baggage and other matters intrusted to his 
care will receive prompt attention. 

For further ]);irticulars, address 

R. HALPIN, Cape May, N. J. 



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The Auditorium, a three-storied brick structure, lighted by 
electricity, to seat 500 people, stands on Jackson Street. This build- 
ing is well adapted for public meetings, concerts, lectures, and the 
like. 

Places to Visit. — Some of the most interesting places in the Cape 
May district are within convenient driving distance of the city, and 
form pleasant morning or afternoon outings for visitors. 

Cape May Lighthouse, with revolving light, 145 feet high, clearly 
seen from the promenade at night, can be more closely viewed during 
a trip to Cape May Point. It was first built in iSoo, and rebuilt in 
1 S59. Near the Point aLso is Lake Lily, about three and one-half acres 
in circumference. Rowing is allowed on this body of water. A favor- 
ite beach drive is to Diamond Beach on Delaware Bay. It is on this 
beach that the famous Cape May diamonds are found. Three miles 
above Cape May is Cold Spring, where clear, bubbling, fresh spring 
water may be seen issuing from the salt meadows. Near this place 
is a Presbyterian church, established nearly 200 years ago. There 
are Lifc-Saving Stations at Cold Spring and Cape May Point, the 
former being one of the best equipped on the Atlantic Coast. The 
appliances at the Point are the identical ones shown at the Centennial 
in 1S76. Exhibitions of skill in launching, rowing, etc., are given 
occasionally at these stations. 

Transportation, — Facilities for transportation to and from the 
various points of interest are complete. Open and closed carriages 
and horses are always ready for use at very reasonable rates. An 
electric surface road along the beach connects Cape May Point with 
Sewell's Point. It is about six miles in length. Open cars run every 
sixteen minutes, and are controlled by the Cape May & Delaware 
Bay Railroad Company. 

Food Supply. — The market houses at Cape May City, which has 
a winter population of about 2,000, and a summer population of from 
25,000 to 30,000, are celebrated for their unusually good supply of 
fruits, vegetables, berries, and all kinds of country produce obtainable 
from the farms around. A convenient and specially important fea- 
ture of the food supply at Cape May is the house-to-house call of farm- 
carts each morning with a fresh, direct supi^ly of country butter, 
milk, fruits, vegetables, etc. Nothing could possibly be more whole- 
some, convenient, or economical. The farmers, like others, furnish 
their products at the lowest possible price consistent with a fair profit. 

Medical Attendance. — Invalids are well cared for, there beintr 



176 HANDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

three experienced male physicians in the city, and one lady prac- 
titioner. 

Water and Sanitation.— Cape May City has a mayor and coun- 
cil, responsible, among other things, tor its sanitary condition. 
Official State rejsorts say that ; 

' ' The soil of Cape May is admirably adapted for a city. It is a 
common fallacy that sandy soils, as being so loose and porous, are 
best adapted for close population. The fact, however, is, that 
gravelly soils are much preferalile as percolators, and that alternate 
layers of gravel or mixed soils serve much better to dispose of 
organic matter that maj?' reach the surface. The soil which under- 
lies Cape May City is mostly gravelly, with sand under the gravel- 
beds, and then another layer with bay shore gravel. The vs^ater 
supply is well managed and of excellent quality. It is derived from 
three sources. Two of these are large circular wells which go down 
into the gravel bed, and are not in the same strata as the old wells 
of the town. These strata are divided by a narrow strip of clay, so 
hard as to need the pick in excavation. The water from the upper 
well is pumped up by the Holly system into the tank at the lower well, 
and from both there is a supply sufficient for the ordinary uses of the 
city. About sixty feet from the .second gravel-bed well is an artesian 
■or bored well ninety-seven feet deep. In the boring of this, at about 
ninety-four feet, a cedar log was reached which had to be drilled 
through. Just beneath this a good supply of water was secured. An 
eight-inch pipe leads down to this supply. The water is pumped by 
■steam to a tank thirty-four feet high, having a capacity of sixty- 
thousand gallons. There is also another tank with a capacity of 
thirty-five thousand gallons. The .steam pumps can raise about 
1,200 gallons per minute. All whom I have been able to consult 
regard the supply as inexhaustible. The water is soft and pleasant 
to the taste." 

By many the water at Cape May is said to be the best drinking 
water in the State. It contains just enough iron to make it a valuable 
tonic. Otherwise it is as pure as distilled water. Typhoid fever and 
similar diseases due to bad water and other unsanitary conditions are 
unknown. Sewerage and drainage are satisfactory. Sidewalks are 
kept in good repair. The planting of trees is encouraged. They are 
now plentiful. Unlike most Southern New Jersey resorts, trees grow 
at Cape IMay City as large and luxuriantly as they do in New York 
or Philadelphia. Asphalt paving is used in several thoroughfares. 
There is a creditable gas supply. Electric lighting is in use on the 
beach and elsewhere. There is a local telephone connection, also 
Western Union and Postal Telegraph service. The New Jersey Trust 
Safe Deposit Company has opened a solid, commodious branch struc- 
ture on the leading thoroughfare. 



SEASIDE RESORTS. ITT 

Improvements contemplated in the near future are competintj 
lonj^-distance telephone service, the erection of a large music pavilion 
on :he Strand, the grading of IMadison Avenue for a public drive, and 
the introduction of the incandescent electric lighting system. 

Public Buildings and Institutions. ^ A city hall, schoolhouse, 
and fire house are included among the public buildings. The Fire 
Department establishment consists of thirty-four men with two steam 
engines and a hook and ladder company. The Gamewell Fire Alarm 
System is in operation. The chief of police has eight men imder him 
during the summer season. It is creditable to rec(_ird that there is 
no crime at Cape May City. 

Churches. —The various religious denominations are well rejDre- 
sented. St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, and St. jMary's Roman Catholic Church are on Wash- 
ington Street, the Presbyterian Church is on Lafayette Street, and 
the Baptist Church is on Franklin vStreet. A new Presbyterian 
church is to be erected within the city limits. 

Historical Data. — According to old chronicles, Henry Hudson, 
an English mariner, in a third voyage to this country in 1609, landed 
at Cape May after narrowly escaping shipwreck. In 1623, Cornelius 
Jacobsen May, of the Dutch East India Company's fleet, rounded the 
south point of New Jersey, and recognizing its geographical impor- 
tance, named it after himself. The first European proprietors were 
Goodwyer and Bloemart, who purchased in 1629 what is now Cape May 
County, from nine Indian chiefs. Cape Island being included in the 
acquisition. In i68g Doctor Cox, who obtained possession from the 
original proprietors, sold the island to William Jacocks and Hum- 
phrey Hughes; the latter person leaving a large posterity which still 
clings to the proprietary soil. These individuals held the title till 
1700, tilling the land down to the water's edge. It is noted from the 
records that Cape May was a whaling colony two centuries ago, the 
period of greatest activity in this industry being froin 1680 to 1715. 
Settlers came originally from Long Island. It is also recorded that 
British troops landed during the War of 1S12. The town was bom- 
barded by the British in 18 14. Within the last thirty-five years Cape 
May has sufiiered much loss from fire, the last serious fire being that 
of 1878. Such disasters can not now occur, there being a first-rate fire 
department and a plentiful water supply. 

Distinguished Visitors. — Henry Clay visited Cape May in 1S47, 
Franklin Pierce in 1S55, Buchanan in 1S66, Grant and his cabinet in 



178 IIAXDY GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

1S73, and Arthur in 1SS3. Other distinguished men who have lived 
there, or remained during parts of one or several seasons, were Horace 
Greeley, James A. Bayard of Delaware, Hannibal Hamlin, Governor 
Hendricks of Indiana, John Wanamaker, and James G. Blaine. 
Cardinal Gibbons visits Cape May every summer when in the United 
States. 

Hotels. — Cape May can boast of having some of the finest and 
best hotels on the New Jersey coast. The reputation of the Stockton 
and of Congress Hall, in the matter of capacity and of first-rate 
accommodation for a large number of guests, is an enviable one 
throughout the United States, and that of the Windsor for coziness 
and comfort, is almost too well-known to need repetition. As these 
three are without doubt or question among the best hotels of the first- 
class, at any really select ocean resort from Maine to California, they 
are worthy of special mention. 

The Stockton, accommodating easily more than 1,000 guests, is 
situated directly upon the beach front, with an extensive lawn run- 
ning to the water's edge. It has been completely reorganized and 
re-decorated, and is now under the- management of Mr. Horace M. 
Cake, of the Hotel Normandie, Washington, D. C, whose family has 
been long and favorably known to residents of and visitors to Cape 
May, in connection with hotels at this resort. Special features are 
the billiard room, bowling alley, ball-room, and orchestral music. 
Every department is under expert management, to insure good ser- 
vice. The Stockton is announced as being distinctly a family 
resort. 

Congress Hall is the only brick and practically fireproof hotel 
on the Atlantic Coast. It stands on the site of the original Congress 
Hall, which was built nearly a century ago. It is essentially a 
summer resting-place, accommodating without difficulty a lai'ge 
number of guests. The rooms are large, light, well-equipped, and 
well-ventilated. Several imj^rovements have recently been intro- 
duced, including a new hydraulic passenger elevator and better 
sanitary arrangements. Concerts by a well-trained orchestra tmder 
Professor Morgan, and dancing in the capacious, elegantly-fitted 
ball-room, are prominent attractive features. 

The Wind soy, aboiit 100 feet from the beach, fronts on Beach 
Avenue. The location is excellent, and the method of construc- 
tion so admirable that every guest receives the full benefit of 
good light, pure air, and an interesting view. The hotel is de- 



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Brick and practically Fire-proof Hotel on the Atlantic 
Coast, and has every comfort and an excellent cuisine, 
together with amusements of all kinds. Concerts '^.^e 
given by Prof. D. T. Morgan's Superb Orchestra. 

Congress Hall has all inodern conveniences, such 
as Elevators, Electric Bells and Lights, which add to 
the comfort of guests. The improvements for this sea- 
son will be a new Hydraulic Passenger Elevator, new 
Carpets, Decorations, and Perfect Sanitary Airangements. 

For Plans of Rooms and Rates, address 

L. P. CKKE, 

Congress Hall, Cape May, N. J. 



SEASIDE RESORTS. 179 

lightfuUy homelike in its furnishings and general equipment. Its 
patrons are quiet, cultivated people who desire rest, courteous 
treatment, the comforts of a well-served table, occasional music, and 
congenial companionship. All modern facilities are available. This 
house is open in spring, summer, and autumn. There are several 
lofty sun-parlors. Steam-heat appliances have been perfected. The 
baths accommodate 200 persons. 

The other hotels include the Lafayette, Marine Villa, Brexton 
Villa, the Colonial, Chalfont, Columbia, and Star Villa (the last 
three named on Ocean Street); the Ebbitt, Baltimore Inn, and Car- 
roll Villa, on Jackson Street; the Devon and Wyoming, on Lafayette 
Street; the Arlington, on Grant Street, and the Oriole, on Perry 
Street. 

Railroads. — The railway trip between Philadelphia and Cape May 
takes the visitor or tourist through a number of the busy and prosperous 
industrial towns for which that portion of New Jersey is renowned, 
including Camden, Woodbury, Glassboro, Clayton, the famous Vine- 
land (with its seven miles of orchards, fruit gardens, and vineyards 
without a fence), Millville, and Woodbine (the new thriving Jewish 
colony, under the patronage of the benevolent Baron Hirsch). The 
celebrated Maurice River Cove-Oyster plantations, which employ a 
fleet of 500 vessels and 3,500 hands, is also near the railroad. A short 
spur of connecting railroads from Manumuskin carries the Cape May 
passenger to that interesting point. 

The South Jersey Railroad, connecting at Philadelphia with 
Chestnut and Smith Street ferries, runs six trains each way to and 
from Cape May on week-days, and three trains each way on Sun- 
days. The distance of the route from Camden Station, or from Phil- 
adelphia, is seventy-eight miles. Time, from Camden to Cape May, 
uinety-three minutes. Fare, from Camden, $2.15 (excursion). Pull- 
man and Gentlemen's Buffet Club cars are attached. Heavy steel rails 
are used on the roadbed. The engines are practically smokeless, 
anthracite coal being used exclusively. It is the announced inten- 
tion of the South Jersey Railroad Company to make their line " one 
of the fastest, safest, and most comfortable roads in the country." 
This Ime has only been in operation since 1894, but is evidently 
growing in public favor. 

The West Jersey Railroad, connected with the Pennsylvania 

Railroad System, and connecting at Philadelphia with Market Street 

ferries, also runs six trains each way to and from Cape May each day, 
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180 IIAXDY GUIDE TO PI/ILADELPH/A. 

except Saturday and Sunday On Saturdays seven run each way 
and on vSundays from three to five. The distance of this route from 
Market Street Station or ferry, Philadelphia, is Si ^ miles. Time, from 
Market Street to Cape May, 105 minutes. Fare, from Market Street, 
$2 25 (excursion). Parlor cars with Club Smokers are attached. 
This line has been established twenty-five years, and connects with 
all points on Pennsylvania Railroad System, from and to any part 
of which transfers of baggage are unnecessary. 

The West Jersey Rixilroad also runs trains from Cape May to Sea 
Isle City. The terminal in that direction is Ocean City. Branches 
convey passengers to Wildwood, Holly Beach, and Anglesea. Direct 
communication is made with Atlantic City by way of Ocean City 
and Longport. 

Steamboats. — The steamer Republic makes one trip daily from 
Race Street Wharf, Philadelphia, to Cape May. Time, five to six 
hours. Fare, $1. For those who have the time to spare, the trip to 
Cape May by the steamer Republic will be found exceedingly enjoy- 
able. The vessel only runs during the summer season, and a trip by 
it reveals all the many interesting points along the lower Dela- 
ware. League Island, the Government navy yard; Gloucester City, 
famous for its planted shad; Lincoln Park, a noted pleasure resort, 
and Red Bank are some of the interesting points passed. The 
Republic is a magnificent boat, built only a few years ago for the 
express purpose for which it is used. All its appointments are hand- 
some as well as comfortable. Those who are especially liable to 
sea-sickness, however, should not venture by this route, unless the 
weather has been quiet for some days, since it is possible, though 
not often happening, that the waters of the bay may be rough 
enough to cause the very susceptible to feel some qualms and a 
desire to render tribute to " Old Neptune." 

Ocean City. 

Ocean City, situated on an island on the New Jersey coast, half- 
way between Atlantic City and Sea Isle City, stretching from Great 
Egg Harbor Bay and Thoroughfare Sound on one side to the Atlantic 
Ocean on the other for nearly, if not quite, seven miles, is rapidly 
growing in favor as a quiet, healthful resort, easily reached from 
Philadelphia. 

Temperature and Climate. — Ocean City lies near the sgth degree 
of north latitude, thus enjoying the benefit of a climate and tempera- 



SEASIDE RESORTS. 181 

ture similar to that of the Yosemite Valley, California, and the 
Azores. 

The Beach and Bathing Facilities. — A peculiarity of the beach is 
its hardness. This quality enables pleasure-seekers to drive, if they 
wish, the whole seven miles of its length, and to use it as an agreeable 
promenade, better made by nature than any roadway of man's con- 
struction. The facilities for bathing are good, five large establish- 
ments being kept in excellent running order during the season. 
Hot-water baths are provided. 

Promenade and Drives. — In addition to the seven-mile beach 
drive, above mentioned, the Boulevard Promenade is between two 
and three miles in length, with pavilions and bazars at intervals. 

Fishing. — There is great sport for anglers in Great Egg Harbor 
Bay, which is about seven miles by four in extent. Weakfish, black- 
fish, hake, bluefish, flounders, and bass are abundant. Sheepshead 
may be caught around the various piers. 

Boating, Yachting, Shooting. — Boats of all kinds are for hire 
at reasonable rates, including row, sail, and steamboats, for fishing 
and other excursions on bay and ocean. Plover, snipe, ducks, and 
geese are to be found in season around this neighborhood. 

Other Amusements. — For those who desire to indulge in these 
innocent forms of recreation, a shooting gallery, bowling alley, and 
shuffle boards have been provided, also a carousel for the children. 

Transportation. — An electric street railroad, running the entire 
length of the city north and south, furnishes local transportation and 
connects with the steamboats. Three new boats, made after a 
World's Fair model, are now in use. There is a good supply of ojjen 
and closed carriages, horses, etc. 

Municipal Arrangements, Etc. — The sanitary condition of Ocean 
City is satisfactory, a sewerage system being now in operation. All 
drinking water is furnished from two artesian wells, one of which has 
a capacity of seventy gallons a minute. The water is highly recom- 
mended by the State chemist of Pennsylvania. Gas is furnished 
from j:)rivate plants. The city is lit by means of arc lights, the incan- 
descent system having also been introduced into residences. There 
are four resident physicians, and the supply of ordinary commer- 
cial demands is well attended to by attentive and courteous store- 
keepers. The city is well laid out, there being nine avenues, each 
parallel with the beach, and .seven miles in length. Miles of flagged 
pavement have been constructed. For the past six or seven years, 



182 HANDY GUIDE TO PIIILADELPIIIA. 

improvements have been made each year at a cost of $100,000. Tlie'-e 
is a maj'or and council whose chief pride it is to see the city grow in 
favor and importance. This it is doing steadily, thus proving that a 
strictly temperance resort can be successful if properly managed. 

Places of Worship. — The Methodists and Roman Catholics each 
have a church at Ocean City. A new church is to be built by the 
Episcopalians in the near future. 

Hotels. — The ByigJito)i, overlooking the Atlantic, is roomy, 
comfortable, and select, and is admirably managed by Mr. Sooy, the 
proprietor, whose reputation as a successful public caterer in Phila- 
delphia extends over thirty years. The Brighton can accommod;ile 
250 i^eople. It is a desirable family i-esort. Every modern appliance, 
including incandescent lights, has been secured. Mr. Sooy sets a 
first-rate table for his guests, and devotes his entire time to a study 
of their happiness and comfort. He has recently added a large 
number of well-furnished rooms and modernized his house in everv 
particular. Other hotels are the W'/iuisor, Atglcit, Park, Albanv, 
aiui S/riuiiL 

Railroads. — The West Jersey Railroad, ct)nnecting at Sea Isle 
Junction, runs from five to seven trains eacli way to and from 
Cape May. The distance from Philadelphia is seventy-seven miles 
by this route. Time, two hours and fifteen minutes. Fare, from 
Cape May, $1.45 (excursion). 

In addition to this route by rail from Philadelphia, via the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad (foot of Market Street), connecting with the West 
Jersey Railroad at Cape May, trains may be talcen to Atlantic City — 
a sixty-minutes' run. Then by trolley to Longport, in fifteen min- 
utes, whence a steamer can be taken to Ocean Cit}'. This is a good 
and i)lcasant route. The boats connect every twenty minutes. 

Soil Isle City. 

In 1S79 M. C. K. Landis, the founder of Vineland, N. J., saw the 
possibilities for a fine seaside resort on Ludlam's Island, one of the 
great chain of islands which line the seacoast of New Jersey. With \ 
the energy characteristic of the man he put his project in shape and I 
launched it, with the result that to-day Sea Isle City., which he laid 
out, is a popular resort, and Whale Beach, a new resort adjacent to 
it, is rapidly growing in favor. Already »Sea Isle City is of sufficient 
importance to support two lines of railroads, over which trains are 
run daily at high rates of speed. 



SEASIDE RESORTS. 183 

The Railroad Facilities. — The two raih-oads connecting Philadel- 
phia with Sea Isle City are the West and the South Jersey railroads, 
the first under the control of the Pennsylvania, and the second of the 
Philadelphia & Reading Company. Visitors by the first leave Mar- 
ket Street Ferry, Philadelphia, and by the second go from either 
Chestnut Street or South Street ferries to Kaighn's Point. By the 
express trains the time from Philadelphia to Sea Isle City is ninety- 
seven minutes. By both routes the country is interesting, the roads 
passing through pretty New Jersey towns, carefully tilled farms, and 
heavily wooded land. 

Ludlam's Island. — Ludlam's Island, on which Sea Island City 
stands, is 7 '4 miles long and about \)i miles wide, and is situated 
just off the coast of Southern New Jersey, and being set within a 
curve of the coast-line, Ocean City on the north and Avalon on the 
south may be plainly seen, especially at night, when the electric 
lights are turned on. 

Its Beach. — The Beach at Sea Isle City is claimed by many to be 
the finest on the New Jersey Coast. It slopes gently to the sea, 
under which it passes, with a still slighter declension for a long dis- 
tance out. The sand on the shore, where it is washed by the long 
swells f)f the (jcean, is so hard and snKjoth that carriage wheels and 
horses' hoofs scarcely make an impression on it. For bicycle riding 
the beach is unsurpassed. 

Bathing. — On account of the nearly level character of the bottom 
for some distance from the shore, and the almost total absence of 
liules and eddies, the bathing is claimed to be practically absolutely 
safe, and on account of the shallowness of the water the surf is heavy 
enough to please the most exacting. 

Fishing. — Sea Isle City is one of the paradises for the angler. 
At the upper end of the island is Corson's Inlet, and at the lower end 
Townsend's Inlet, both of which have widespread reputations for 
sheepshead and other popular sea fishes. The thoroughfares abound 
in weakfish, sea bass, flounders, and other specimens of the finny 
tribe. The ocean front of Sea Isle City is one of the most famous 
on the whole Atlantic Coast for drum fishing, in season, and even 
striped bass may here be caught. 

Boating. — As at other seaside resorts ample provisions are made 
for those fond of boating. Sailboats and rowboats, which may be 
hired by the day or hour, are in abundance. 

Board Walk and Attending Attractions. — Recently there was 



184 HAXDV GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA. 

erected a fine board walk four miles long and thirty feet wide, and 
lighted abundantly with electric lamps; and grouped along its path 
are the usual amusement featui-es of the kind found at the seashore. 

Driveway. — Running through the center of the town and the 
whole length of the island is a fine avenue, 130 feet wide, heavily 
graveled, and well rolled, making a splendid driveway. This avenue 
connects at the north and the south ends and at intermediate points 
with the beach. 

The Dummy Road.— The West Jersey Railroad has a dummy road 
running through Sea Isle City, and connecting it with Stone Harbor, 
Ocean City, Avalon, and other seaside resorts within thirty miles. 
This road runs about i to feet from the sea, and for the entire trip of 
thirty miles the tossing billows of the ocean are in continuous view. 

Hotels. — There are a nmnber of hotels at Sea Isle City, which, like 
those of other similar resorts, are of varying standard to meet the 
requirements of the visitor. Among the more prominent are the 
Continental, the Ocean View, the Tivoli, the Girard, the Lincoln, 
the Colonnade, and the Excursion House. At the last-named place 
hops are given ever}- night during the season. 

Churches.— There are but three church denominations at present 
located at Sea Isle City, the Methodist Episcopal, the Protestant 
]'"piscopal, and the Roman Catholic. 



INDEX. 



PAGE 

A CADEMY of Fine Arts 145 

■^^ Acadeiny of Natural Sci- 
ences 103 

Allen town 158 

Almshouse Park. _. 55 

Almshouse, The 76 

American Philosophical Society.. 104 

Amusements. 41 

Art Clubs and Associations 145 

Athletic Clubs... 147 

Atlantic City 163 

"DAGGAGE and Checks.. 10 

-'-' Baldwin Locomotive Works. 86 

Balls and Masquerades 44 

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad De- 
pot, The 9 

Banks 70 

Banks and Kankinj< Institutif>ns_ . 83 

Bartram's Gardens 55 

Baseball Clubs 147 

Belmont Mansion 49 

Benevolent, Charitable, and Hu- 
mane Institutions 116 

Bethlehem 158 

Betsy Ross House 79 

Betz Building 69 

Beverly 92 

Bicycle Clubs 148 

Billinifsport 96 

Boarding Houses 24 

Board of Trade 82 

Boat Clubs r48 

Borden town 93 

Bourse, The 81 

Brewery town 86 

Bridesburg 91 

Bristol _..'. 92 

Broad Street -. 63 

Br( >ad Street, South _ 66 

Bryn Mawr 156 

Builders' Exchange. 82 

Burlington 92 

Business Men's Organizations 81 

p ABS and Vehicles 15 

^ Camden 156 

Cape May 172 

Carpenters Hall So 

Central High School 76 

Charter School, William Penn 134 

Chester ---97. 161 

Chestnut Hill iss 



PAGE 

Chestnut Street 69, 87 

Chew House 79 

Churches, Baptist 106 

Churches, Congregational. 107 

Churches, German Reformed iu8 

Churches, Lutheran 109 

Churches, Moravian. no 

Churches, Methodist Episcopal... 109 

Churches, Presbyterian no 

Churches, Protestant Episcopal., m 

Churches, Reformed Episcopal... 113 

Churches, Reformed Presbyterian 114 

Churches, Roman Catholic 114 

Churches, Swedenborgian 115 

Churches, Unitarian. 115 

Churches, Universalist 115 

City Buildings and Offices. 73 

City Hall, The.. 73 

Clubs and Societies 141 

Clubs, Art 145 

Clubs, Baseball. 147 

Clubs, Boat 148 

Clubs, Country and Driving. 147 

Clubs, Dining 144 

Clubs, General Athletic and Spar- 
ring 147 

Clubs, Social 142 

Clubs, Sporting. 146 

Coast and Geological Survey 71 

College of Dental Surgery 139 

College of Pharmacy.. 139 

College of Physicians 139 

Commercial Exchange. 82 

Congress Hall.. 78 

County Prison.. 75 

County Prison, New. 75 

Courts, United States.. 71 

Cramp's Ship Yard 85 

Cricket 146 

Custom House, The 72 

TAELAWARE Bay.. 98 

^-^ Delaware River 90 

Denominational Societies and 

Missions 116 

Devon . 1 56 

Disciples of Christ 107 

Dispensaries 129 

Disston Park 56 

Disston's Saw Works 85 

Drexel Building.. _ 70 

Drexel Institute 133 



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180 



INDEX. 



PAGK 

l)riv(.'S 6i 

Driving Clubs 147 

17 ASTERN Penitentiar}- 74 

1^ E. C. Knisht Park... 58 

Educational Institutions. 133 

Eit,^hth Street.. 89 

PAIRHILL Park 56 

-^ Fairmount Park 46 

Ferries.. 11 

Financial Institutions 70 

Fish Hawk 95 

I'^lorence Heig'hts. 93 

Fort Delaware 97 

Fort Mifflin 96 

Frankford Arsenal 72 

Franklin Institute 104 

Franklin's Burial Place 81 

Franklin Square 56 

Free Libraries 99 

Free Library of Philadelphia 100 

Free yuaker Meeting House 80 

Friends, Society of 108 

Furnished Rooms. 25 

r ^ ERMANTOW N _ i so 

^^ llermantown Academ^^ 13s 

Germanto wn Park .' 57 

(lermantown, West Side. 155 

(iirard P.uilding .. 70 

(iirard College _ 134 

(iirard Park 56 

(jloucester Tig 

(iovernment Buildingsand Offices 70 

(Greenwich Point 95 

tJAHNEMANN College 139 

'-^ Hansoms , 16 

Haverford College 1 ;rt 

High School, Girls'. 76 

Historic Buildings. 76 

Hog Island . 90 

Homes and Institutions 122 

Horticultural Hall 48 

Hospitals and Dispensaries 1211 

Hotels 17 

House of Correction. 7^ 

House of Refuge 75 

House of the Declaration of Incie- 

pendcnce 80 

Hunting Park sy 

Huron Square („> 

INDEPENDENCE TTall. _ 77 

' Independence Squai'e 57 

Institute for Colored Youth i v 

Insurance Ccjmpanies 84 

JEFFERSON College 1,9 

J Jefferson Square S7 

Jenkintown 157 

Jewish Tal)crnaeles 108 

John Dickinson Square 56 

Juniata Park 57 



PAGE 

TT'AIGHN'S Point 94 

-'^ Kensington.. gi 

T A SALLE College 136 

^^ Lazaretto, The... 76, 97 

League Island 95 

Lectures and Miscellaneous Exhi- 
bitions. 43 

Lehigh Gap 158 

Lehigh 'Vallev Railroad q 

Liberty Bell, 'The 77 

Libraries and Museums 99 

Lincoln Park 96 

Locust .Street 68 

Logan Square 58 

Lutheran Seminary 137 

MCPHERSON Sqtiare.... 58 

Marcus Hook. 97 

Maritime Exchange 82 

Mary J. Drexel Home... 124 

Masonic Temple 141 

Mauch Chunk 157 

Memorial Hall 48 

Midvale Steel Works 85 

Mifflin Square 58 

Military Organizations 149 

Mint, The 70 

Morgue, The 76 

Mormons, The „ no 

Mount Airy.. 154 

Mount Penh. 160 

Museums 103 

]\T ATIONAL Guards of Pennsyl- 

'■^ vania 149 

National Museum 78 

Naval Asylum 72 

Navy Yard.. 73 

Navy Yard, Old 94 

Neck, The 94 

Neversink Mountain .. i6a 

New Castle 97 

Normal School, Girls' 76 

Norris .Scjuare 58 

/• \CEAN Citv.. - i8c 

^-^ Odd Fellows' Temple 142 

Old Swedes Church 94 

< )ntario Park 58 

Overbrook 155 

PACKAGE Rooms 10 

^ Parks and Drives. 45 

Passyunk Square 59 

Pea I'atch Island 98 

Pelham 154 

Penn Gravity Road i6d 

Penn House 48 

Pennsburg. 93 

Pennsgrove 97 

Pennsylvania Hcjrticultural So- 
ciety 105 

Pennsylvania Institution for Deaf 

and Dumb 139 



INDEX. 



187 



PAGF. 

Pennsylvania Institution for the 

Instruction of the Blind . 140 

Pennsylvania Museum and School 

of Industrial Art 105 

Pennsylvania Railroad Depot 7 

Philadelphia & Reading Ter- 
minal Building 8 

Pleasant Hill Park.. 59 

Post Office, The.. 71 

Pottsto wn 1 50 

Prisons. 74 

Public Schools 76 

"P AILROADS and Depots 7 

-'-^ Reading 160 

Red Bank..^.. 96 

Restaurants 22 

Rittenhouse Square so 

Rivers, The 90 

Ri verton 91 

Riinian Catholic High School 136 

eCHOOLS, Public 133 

^ Schuylkill Arsenal 72 

Schuylkil'l River. 98 

Sea Isle City 1S2 

Seaside Resorts 163 

Seminary of St. Vincent de Paul. 136 

Shackamaxon Square 59 

Shopping Trip, A 86 

Signal Service 71 

Sons of the Revolution Rooms 78 

Sporting Clubs 146 

Sports, Miscellaneous. 14S 

Spring Garden Institute. i ;7 

Spruce. Street 68 

Starr Garden 50 

St. Davids. 156 

Steamships and Wharves "11 

Steamships, Coastwise 12 

Steamships, Transatlantic it 

Stenton Park 59 

Stephen E. Fotterall Square 56 

St. Joseph's College i^6 

Street Car Lines. 29 

Street Numbers 27 

Suburbs, The 150 

Supreme Coui-t House 78 

Susan Gorgas Park 60 



PAGE 

Swathmore College 137 

q^ACONY Qi 

-L Temple College 137 

Theaters 41 

Theological Seminary of R. E. 

Church 137 

Tinicum Island 9C 

Torresdale 92 

Trades' League 81 

Treasury, United States 72 

Trenton 94 

TTNION League Club 142 

*^ Union Square .. 60 

University of Pennsylvania. 137 

"y ALLEY Forge 159 

^ Vernon Park 60 

WAGNER Institute.. 105 

Walnut Street, West b(, 

Wamrath 61 

Washin.gton Park 95 

Washington Sqviare 60 

Water view Park 61 

Wayne 156 

Weecacoe Park 61 

West Pliiladelphia 155 

W harton Square . 61 

White Hill 93 

Wilkesbarre .. 158 

William Penn Treaty Park 60 

Willow Grove 162 

Wilmington 97 

Wissahickon Hei.ghts 155 

Wissahickon Inn.. 155 

Wissahickon Park 51 

Wistcr Morris Square 58 

Women's Christian Association.. 120 

Women's Medical College 139 

Woodbiu-y 161 

\7 0UNG Men's Christian Asso- 

''- ciation... 120 

Young Women's Union 121 

VOOLOGICAL Garden 43 



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way, smokeless loeomotives, I allman Parlor Cars, 
gentlemen's elub Cafe Cars, new, airy, and palatial 
eoaehes. 

Philadelphia vStations : Reading Ferries, foot of 
Chestnut Street, foot of vSouth vStreet. New York 
connection: Central R. R. of New Jersey. Balti- 
more, Washington, and Western connection : B. & 
O. R. R. 

HENRY WOOD, Manager, 

420 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA 




opposite: the treasurv 
wonc, block fflom, the. white house. 



The Hotel par excellence of the National Capital. 



CABLE, ELECTRIC, AND HORSE CART PASS THE DOORS 
TO ALL PARTS OF T' £ CITY. 



American Plan 



$3 per Day and upwards. 



RIGGS HOUSE CO. 

G. DeWITT, Treas. 




SAFEST, FASTEST, 



FINEST TRAINS 



IN THE WORLD 



I^inc 



TRAINS BETWEEN 



New York, Pliilaclelpliia, Baltimore, Washington 

RUNNING VIA 

B. & O. R. R. 

The Baltimore & Ohio Raih'oad maintains a complete 
service of Vestibnled Express Trains between Philadel- 
phia, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Chicag'o, equipped with 
Pullman Palace Sleeping- Cars, ranning- through without 
change. 



ALL B. & O. TRAINS BETWEEN THE EAST AND 
WEST RUN VIA WASHINGTON. 



R.B.CAMPBELL, CHAS. O. SCULL, 

General Manager, General Passenger Agent, 

Baltimore, Md. 



/l^ MERICAN |_INE 



NEW YORK, 
SOUTHAMPTON, 

LONDON. 



Every Wednesday from Pier 14, N. R., New York, 1 1.00 a. m. 

The Only Transatlantic Line Sailing Under the United States Flag. 
The Steamers of this Line are Equal to the Finest in the World. 

"ST. LOUIS," -^^^^^_ 1L "ST. PAUL," 

11,000 Tons. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^. iJ£^N.. 11,000 Tons. 




'NEW YORK," ^^^S^m^^KSSBK^ PARIS," 

10,500 Tons. --^s'^--^'s==^^^=y^^^^^^^M^g^'ttT^^g^ 10,500 Tons- 



Shortest and most convenient route to London. Passengers 

land at Empress Dock, avoiding inf;onvenience 

and exposure of transfer by tender. 



Philadelphia-Queenstown-Liverpool Service 

Eifery Saturday from Pier 54, South Wharves, Philadelphia. 

Unique Acconiinodation.s for Cabin Passengers. Steerage at Low Rates. 



. .. RED STAR LINE . . . 

For Ant\verp, Paris, and all Continental Ponits. ^^^^ 



Every Wednesday from Pier 14, N. R., New York. 
Every Second Wednesday from Pier 55, Philadelphia. 

For Kati's of Passage and other information, apply to 

International Navigation Company, 

6 Bowling Green, 305 4. 307 WALNUT STREET, 32 S. Clark Street, 
NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA. CHICAGO. 



Baltimore 4^^ Philadelphia 
Steamboat Company. - 








ERICSSON LINE. 



Ericsson Line for Baltimore. 

Day Boat. Fare, One Dollar. 

Leaves every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, at 7.30 a. m. Night 
Boat at 5 p. M., daily, except Sunday. Freight and passengers at 
lowest rates. Fare, Cabin $2; Deck, ^1.50; Excursion to Baltimore, 
$2, good for 10 days; through tickets to Baltimore and Washington, 
D. C.,with privilege to return by rail; also through tickets to Nor- 
folk, Richmond, and Point Comfort, for sale at office only. Steamers 
leave from Pier 3, first wharf abf)ve Chestnut Street. For illustrated 
pamjihlet send to 

F. S. GROVES, Agent, 
28 South Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA. 

Acting Agent, 

CLARENCE SHRIVER. 

204 Light St., Baltimon, Md. 



H udson River by d aylight 

The Most Charming Inland Wattr Trip on the American Continent. 



1 I f _-, .*--/<,' 



Vedr 



The Palace Iron Steamers 

**neia£ vork:" t^nd "ml-bmnv" 

OF THE HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE. 

I)ail\', except Sundays. 

Leave New York, Desbrosses Street _ 8.40 a.m. 

Leave New York, West 22(3 Street, N. R _ 9.00 a m. 

Leave Albany, Hamilton Street 8.30 a. m. 

An Attractive Route for Summer Pleasure Travel to the 

Catskill Mountains, Saratoga, and the Adirondacks, Hotel 

Champlain and the North. Niagara Falls 

AND THE West. 

Delightful Daily Excursions from New York to West Point, Newburgh. or 
Poughkeepsie; returning by South-bound Steamer. 

The steamers "New York" and "Albany" are the fastest ever built, and 
are unrivaled in point of elegance, comfort,' aiUi the quality of the service in 
every respect. Being constructed exclusively for summer tourist travel, and 
carrying no frei.ght, they have the lightness, grace, and beauty of a yacht, and 
are known the world over as the finest vessels afloat. 

Through Tickets Sold to all Points and Baggage Checked to 
Destination. 

Send six cents for copy of Summer Hook. yf 

c. t. van santvoord, f. b. hibbard, 

(ieneral Manager, General Passenger Agent, 

Desbrosses Street Pier, NEW YORK. 



One of the Most Interesting 



Places in Philadelphia is the 
Establishment of 

Messrs. Strawbridge & Clothier 

THE LARGEST STRICTLY 

DRY GOODS STORE 

In the world. Nominally, it is located at the north corner of 

Eighth and Market streets, but, as a matter of fact, it extends away 
up Market Street and up Eighth and around Filbert Street. It runs 
clear through from Market to Filbert Street — a distance of 306 feet 
— with imposing entrances at each end. The place as a whole is 
simply enormous. The Bon Marche, that haven of shoppers in 
Paris, occupies a trifle less space. 

To get an idea of this great Emporium of Art and Industry, let 
the visitor enter the main Market Street entrance. When the doors 
are passed one stands at the southern end of a long and beautifully 
lighted salesroom, above which rise graceful galleries. To the east 
are the large buildings fronting on Eighth Street, to which communi- 
cation is had by a space sixty-five feet wide, cut in the wall near the 
Market Street end, and by smaller but similar openings further 
north. The second floor is thrown open in the same way. 

The buildings are beautifully lighted at all times. The roof is 
fitted with large skylights along the central portion, while on the 
sides are smaller skylights, which throw a flood of light into the 
main salesrooms and into the numerous galleries. Artificial illumin- 
ation is had by means of hundreds of large arc lights, while myriads 
of incandescent lights give a daylight effect on cloudy or dark days. 

Every part of the store is pleasant and full of interest to ever}? 
observer. The soft light from the skylights falls upon dry goods 
and ready-to-wear garments of almost every variety, gathered by 
skilled buyers, from every prominent market of the world: 

Some of the Conveniences. 

On the different floors are Ladies' Parlors, with toilet rooms 
attached, where weary shoppers may rest comfortably and glance 
<t\-cv the current papers and magazines. These parlors and toilet 
rooms are always open, adjoining which will be found telegraph and 
leleplione offices, and a Bureau of Information, where packages maj- 
l)c checked without charge. Suburban time tables are provided for 
gratuitous distribution. Seven elevators carry passengers from one 
fli ■nv to another. 

Visitors are cordially invited to make free use of all these 
conveniences. 

STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER, 
Market, Eighth, and Filbert Streets, Philadelphia. 



i, «■' m—f 



CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. 



ALL LOVERS OF 



Recreation and 
Health Comforts 



GO TO 

CAPE MAY, 

NEW JERSEY, 

Because it is the most fashionable Seaside Resort in 
America; because it is five degrees cooler (by Govern- 
ment report) than any other resort within a hundred 
miles around, and has, by the same authority, 5 per 
cent less of humidity in the atmosphere, making it an 
excellent place for invalids. 

It possesses the finest beach in the world, having a 
hard, elastic strand- Tiie Sanitary arrangements are 
perfect, the drainage being natural, because Cape May 
is built on firm land, and not on meadow. 

The drives are broad and >vell shaded by a fringing 
of trees. 

The boulevard along the ocean front has an unob- 
structed view of the ocean, because no buildings are 
allowed on its ocean side. 

Forty hotels receive the transient guests, and hun- 
dreds of cottages make room for the permanent summer 
residents. 

For particulars regarding this resort, see page 1 72 
of this Guide. 



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